Word: fairly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fair pale tendrils gently spread...
...Frazier-Lemke Bill, passed by Congress in 1934, permitted bankrupt farmers to operate their farms for six years after foreclosure and buy them back from the mortgagees "at a fair and reasonable value." A second Frazier-Lemke Bill, passed last year after the first had been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, permitted farmers to retain their farms for three years after foreclosure, paying the mortgagees "a reasonable rent." But Frazier-Lemke Bill No. 3 the Democratic leaders of the House were determined should never get out of the legislative factory. Only by petition of 218 members and the rebellious...
...form of pain-killer for the mother. Because the great majority of women bear this natural ordeal bravely, they have made no concerted demand for relief in childbed nor have more than a handful of pioneer doctors attempted to give them any. After last week's debate a fair-minded physician would probably come to the following conclusions: 1) Semi-narcosis is still a perfectly reasonable, safe and feasible obstetric help, provided the doctor knows how and when to administer the necessary drugs; 2) Most doctors are ignorant of the uses and possible after-effects of childbed analgesics...
...blues. He was the son of a Baptist preacher who considered it disgraceful to be a musician. Young Handy liked nothing so much as his battered cornet or a bit of close harmony with the boys on the street. When they heard of the World's Fair of 1893, four of them organized a quartet, hopped a freight to Chicago. There they remained jobless, finally had to work their way back South. But Handy's ambition persisted. By 1903 he had a nine-piece band of his own, went around playing for dances. Slowly it dawned...
...Harvard-Yale pole match Saturday bids fair to be an outstanding intercollegiate encounter. With Skiddy von Stade. Jr. playing No. 3 positions for Harvard against the Eli captain, Peter Grace horsehair and bits of wood are expected to fly down at Yale...