Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last October in Denver, delegates to the American Federation of Labor's 13th convention noticed that a familiar, pudgy figure from Milwaukee was often in the company of familiar, pudgy President William Green and his secretary, Miss Theodora Glenn. Insiders understood that Wisconsin Progressive Lawyer Joseph Padway was buttering up their president, assumed that he hoped to displace shrewd, moderate Charlton Ogburn as general counsel to the Federation...
...general knowledge far exceeds that of many of my classmates. I am more familiar with current topics, foreign affairs, internal affairs, labor problems and the like...
...influence which recent tax measures may have upon the basic conditions that determine the status and development of the American economy." Such is the purpose of the work. The first part is an analysis of the various and conflicting factors and trends, the net result of which is the familiar thesis that the need for savings and capital investment in America is on the decline, and that in the future long-run we are faced with a problem of over-saving. "No technical events are in prospect at the present time which in their expansive force can be compared with...
...your article "Orchestral Prima Donnas" [TIME, April 25] hearty congratulations! It helps along in the good work of popularizing the less familiar instruments. The regular soloists of the organization deserve as much recognition as the special big-name artists. In proportion to the pleasure which they give, the individual members of the orchestra, particularly those of the wind choirs, seldom receive their due. To my mind, there is as much beauty in a fine clarinet or viola passage as in an aria performed by a good singer. And as for the horn, the "poetry and passion" of that glamorous instrument...
Statistics. To prove his point that current concentration of economic power is unexampled, the President quoted familiar statistics from reports to the Bureau of Internal Revenue: 1) .1% of U. S. corporations own 52% of all corporate assets, get 50% of all corporate income, less than 5% of U. S. corporations own 87% of the assets and less than 4% of manufacturing corporations get 84% of their net profits; 2) even in 1929 .3% of the population got 78% of the dividends and 3) in 1936, 33% of all inheritances went to 4% of all heirs. Taking this as premise...