Word: eras
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...performed what to Germans seemed a miracle. When they went to bed, a dollar was worth 42,000,000,000,000 old German marks. When they woke up, a dollar was worth only four new marks. The purpose of the Young Loan, product of 1929's "New Era" school of thought, was that Germany's pledge to pay Reparations over 59 years should be turned into quick money by selling it to the public in small lots. Only the first lot was ever sold. The leading governments of the world urged their central banks to aid firms...
...squeal the way Tarzan does when he and Jane get chased from pillar to post by his jungle pals. What, then, shall we do? Shall we put our trust in Roosevelt the Righteous, paint ourselves blue and sing 'NRA, my God to Thee, a Gentleman's Marks Are CCC, ERA, ERA, CWA!' Shall we be Nazi men with Hitler, or start Lenin toward the five-year plan? There is a problem for the long winter nights. What shall...
...glad that two-fifths of Princeton's 2,500 students are earning part of their expenses and wants more poor but brainy students. Overshadowing all other aims, however, is his desire to expand and bolster his social science departments, prepare businesslike statesmen and statesmanlike businessmen for the era of government in business which he is sure is coming. No more radical than Dodds the educator is Dodds the political expert. One of the few things about which he, a Republican, grows publicly passionate is democracy, "the only form of government which respects personality and which a self-respecting people...
Agent Greenburger exulted that Evelyn Nesbit had made him more money in four months than Wassermann had in four years. Exclaimed Evelyn Nesbit, as she took a vacation from night-club work, "I represent an era!" Grumped Harry K. Thaw: "I don't even know the woman...
...Cape Cod hotel this summer. Such a situation is appalling as well as unbelievable. Certainly there must be some students experienced in the subtle art of mixing drinks but the facts seem to indicate that such is not the case. Perhaps Harvard is becoming an oasis in the new era of freely obtained McCoy beverages. Would you believe...