Word: experts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...they were likely to be convinced, upon finishing his book, that he had told them about all they wanted to hear. In the shadow of that disadvantage Edith Sitwell last week offered a balanced, well-rounded-study of the Queen that included little new information about her, much expert writing on the sedate life of her times. A pleasant book in its own right, Victoria of England might be judged brilliant if Lytton Strachey had not paved the way for it. and might be considered a more important contribution to biography if its derivations were less plain...
...well in the lead over President Roosevelt. Never adept at bringing the name of God resoundingly into his speeches, Episcopalian Roosevelt has all but given up mentioning his Creator. In his acceptance speech last week Methodist Landon showed himself in the evangelical tradition of Republicans Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, all expert at invoking God from the rostrum. Began Nominee Landon: "In accepting this leadership I pray for Divine guidance to make me worthy. . . ." Concluded he: "God grant us, one and all, the strength and the wisdom to do our part...
...driver. Of the 3,000,000 miles of U. S. rural road, backbone is the state system of 324,000 miles of primary highways, of which only one-half is hard surface, between towns. Usually considered the world's finest network, it is really, according to Expert McClintock, an inadequate, unscientific hodgepodge. Sole idea behind most of the system was to have bigger, harder roads. These inevitably caused more accidents. Less than 1% provide what experts now recognize as a fundamental necessity - automatic means to correct the driver's mistakes. Nearly 97% of the primary system, which today...
...meantime, regulating drivers and automobiles are the sole makeshifts. In the driver's case, expert analysis proves that 15% of them cause nearly 100% of the accidents. These accident-prone drivers (whether speed maniacs, psychopaths, drunks or morons) can be policed off the roads. In this regard the states fail miserably. Four impose no restrictions on drivers; eight require only that a certain age be reached; twelve grant licenses on mere application; 24 require tests, which are almost universally insufficient. For the other 85% of drivers the great need is instruction. Indiana leads the way here, requiring 20 hours...
Though inspired by The Great Barnum, these tax experts did not take in an Internal Revenue agent in Miami named Charles Williamson Clarke, who spent nearly three years on the Ringling case. "Mr. John" says Revenuer Clarke now knows more about the circus business than he does. Since last year Assistant U. S. Attorney James Randall Creel in Manhattan has been preparing the 400 pages of indictments and the mass of evidence to be used when the case goes to trial. Prosecutor Creel has also become something of a circus expert, though at Harvard (Class...