Word: factly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...There may have been a time when "darkie' was applied to members of my race with complete impunity on the part of persons of your race. In fact, there was a time when the average Negro was little concerned by what name he was called. But for your enlightenment permit me to advise that the most illiterate, irresponsible and dependent Negro today vehemently resents this very inappropriate misnomer you so glaringly carry in your magazine...
...Dave Beck was then still boss over his teamsters, other unions, Seattle businessmen and Seattle politicians. Evidence that Boss Beck might be in a decline appeared early this year, when in Seattle's elections droves of A. F. of L. voters deserted to C. I. O. candidates. The fact that middle-of-the-road Mayor Arthur B. Langlie defeated both labor rivals did not help Dave Beck, did not stop the C. I. O. invasion of his domain. Last winter, Dave Beck's Oregon lieutenant, Portland Teamster Al Rosser, and some 100 henchmen were rounded up, indicted...
...Japanese explained: ". . . Cancellation is due to the fact that it is absolutely necessary for Japan to obtain the objective of the Sino-Japanese incident by national mobilization of materials and spirits. . . ." International observers, not at all surprised at this turn of events, hinted at other reasons in addition to the pinched economic situation: 1) Recent restoration to power of aristocratic army leaders who, dreading Japanese adoption of Western ways, have from the start opposed the meet and its concurrent influx of Occidentals; 2) Fear of "losing face" in view of the threatened boycott of the Games by Great Britain, Switzerland...
What bothers politicians most about Strauss is the fact that the old man consistently refuses to take politics seriously. Questioned recently about his political opinions, he replied with an expressive shrug, "Ich bin künstler" ("I am an artist"). For an artist, genial, beer-drinking Strauss is an unusually shrewd business man. Famed as a hard bargainer, he is one of the few men in history to make the art of highbrow musical composition a sound and dividend-paying proposition...
...solution depends largely on a critical analysis of a piece of writing: a sensitive detective finds revealing insincerity in a piece of prose which might well get by a professional critic. With this tour de force, Author Lewis hurries his story to a conclusion as surprising as the fact that a poet wrote...