Word: failed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...CALDWELL'S latest offering of short stories will enhance his reputation among those who already admire him, but it will certainly add to the indignation of those who fail to find in his widely praised artistry a compensation for the insensate violence of his themes. Kneel to the Rising Sun is in the author's most characteristic manner. The stories are for the most part laid in the South (which once provided us with our most romantic fiction) and deal with such subjects as lynching, starvation among the share-croppers and unemployed factory workers, criminal assault, black and white "naturals...
...drivers were to hold their relative positions. By the time the rain stopped, there were only 20 miles left. Kelly Petillo, who had taken the lead when Mays was forced out and held it ever since, knew then that if his car held together he could not fail to win. It held together. Officials checked his time, found that with 106.24 m.p.h. average for 500 miles, he had set a new record for the Indianapolis Memorial Day Classic. Second, nearly a lap behind, was Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis. Third was "Wild Bill" Cummings, winner...
...just what is wrong with Mr. Hearst, his news-reels, or his newspapers." In the eyes of many--all too many--the Hearst papers' greatest sin is their sensationalism. But the evil goes far deeper than mere lack of a sane perspective: and the realization that even intelligent men fail to appreciate the danger in Hearst's reporting, interpretation, and selection of news is arresting...
Increasing the discount rate is a means of arresting the flight of gold from France. The excitement that prevails among the cabinet in Paris indicates that its success is doubtful. Should the attempt fail, the result would probably be abandonment of the gold standard. Since France and Italy--whose currency has recently been decidely unstable--are the only great powers remaining on gold, this might in turn result in the prevalence of managed currency throughout the world...
...valuing machinery and reporting about our technique has been learned, but I fail to hear a single case of reports being made with similar eagerness as to how many people we have trained in a given period, and how they have been helped to grow and become experienced in their work. It is time to understand that the most valuable of all capital is the people. If we have enough trained men in our factories, farms and army, our country cannot be conquered; if not we are lame in both legs...