Word: evens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There was a young man who said, "Damn! I have recently learned that I am But a creature that moves In predestinate grooves. I'm not even a bus. I'm a tram...
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...again liberalized the pension laws for World Warriors and their dependents, at a cost of $18,751,000 to start with, of hundreds of millions in future*-this year's prelude to a general World War pension bill scheduled for next year. And the Senate made a gesture even more expensive toward the farm vote. When economy-minded Senators proposed, in committee, to shave a flat 10% or 5% from all items in the House's $835,000,000 Agriculture supply bill, the committee shied. Such a move might be all right, they said, if applied...
...concerted drive upon Congress to do for it that which Franklin Roosevelt has not done (see p. 67). In particular the Chamber was pointing for a helpful tax bill, which Senator Bankhead's move, if adopted, would make impossible. No such bill has yet been written or even formally discussed, but from the House last week Business received one pleasant surprise. The Ways & Means Committee, preparing to carry out the Treasury's recommended revision of the Security laws, voted not only to freeze the old age insurance tax at 1% until 1943 but also to exempt from payroll...
...classmates found him hard to understand, envied his ability to wangle high marks with hardly any study. His teacher of public speaking was puzzled when Robert handed in an outline for a speech entitled "Murder," describing a "perfect crime." Recently Robert's acquaintances noticed that he was acting even more queerly than usual. He moved out of his dormitory, took a room in a hotel...