Word: dust
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bankers to chip in. The U. S. Department of Labor was considering the possibility of hypothecating its German-Austrian immigration quota for the next three years to admit up to 81,000 refugees into the country. Secretary of the Interior Ickes suggested that as his Matanuska colony of dust-bowl refugees grew, it would open up a frontier where Jewish professional people would be needed and welcome. This was long-range stuff, however, and the Secretary was emphatic on the point that other U. S. territories like the Hawaiian Islands and Puerto Rico were already overpopulated...
...capital or between anarchy and order. Or, whether the conflict is one between communism and fascism, or communism and democracy. The French themselves are as much confused as observers here and abroad; every one finds it simple to discover a bit of everything in the situation. As the dust settles on Paris, trade and transportation roll again, and Jouhaux, secretary-general of the C. G. T., admits, that Daladier's requisition order and use of military force brought a resumption of work, it seems possible to make some sense out of Europe's first general strike since...
Oddest fact about Beaverbrook as a publisher is the amount of kidding and criticism the Beaver can take from the people who work for him. Evelyn Waugh. a writer of fantastic novels (Decline And Fall, Vile Bodies, A Handful of Dust) was once an Evening Standard reporter. He has repeatedly and maliciously caricatured Beaverbrook as Lord Monomark or Lord Copper of the Daily Excess...
...before a tornado of applause, then pounced upon the opening measures of Weber's Sonata op. 39. Concertgoers who had long marveled at Pianist Rosenthal's strength, speed and musical under-standing now marveled at his endurance. Many a great virtuoso of the keyboard has bitten the dust since 1888. But lion-jawed Moriz Rosenthal could still teach tricks to pianists half his age, still held his place among the world's top pianists...
Dean Sperry, who spoke first, urged monetary aid to Jewish refugees, warned that Americans must soberly face the possibility of a future war, and said in conclusion, "We have no right . . . to allow the present worth and the future promise of democratic society to be ground to dust between the upper and nether millstones which may well start turning in Europe...