Word: fashionables
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...consequently there is bound to be a terrific howl raised in Wall Street for American intervention, and the bankers will doubtless seize this opportunity for pressing their claims on Mr. Roosevelt. Even more serious is the news that the Cuban government plans to take over in the same summary fashion the United Railways Company which is British owned. Should this occur Mr. Roosevelt will indeed be faced by a problem which will tax all his powers of statesmanship. If he cannot get some sort of guarantee from the Cuban government that the occupation of these properties will not be permanent...
...Sprague has explained his opinion as follows: "It is conceivable, that an enlargement of the already ample monetary base might in some fashion or another bring about the expansion and more effective distribution of credit and currency, but for myself I confess an entire inability to discover any definite influence that such an increase could exert...
...certainly with Minnesota, which probably will be followed by other states, the question of how strong a real estate mortgage is going to be has been raised in an unprecedented fashion. Up to now the lien on property has been considered inviolate and property has had loans placed upon it on the assumption that public sale could bring the investor his original investment or as much of it as was possible to get on the market. Now an entirely new point of view is interjected. And if the states can impair a contract with respect to real estate investments...
...fine gusto about whether the Treasury shall reap the four billion or so of reward if the dollar is devalued. The best argument that the outraged sound money men seem able to muster is the moral one that no government should appropriate something for nothing in this cavalier fashion. Whereas Senator Thomas and the rest fight for devaluation and confiscation of the gold profit as if the four billion dollars were essential to the financing of the recovery program...
Will Rogers has always seemed to this reviewer as more of a toastmaster than a movie star. In "Mr. Skitch," he noseys around in his usual aimless fashion, scratches the back of his head and exhibits that sheepish Rogers smile. There is no doubt that as the writer of the Washington Letter and the originator of a radio football game in which world celebrities take part he is a talented and versatile man. As such it is interesting to watch him parade his personality in "Mr. Skitch." Despite a few good comedy situations and the presence of Zasu Pitts...