Word: firsthand
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Baca County was, however, only one stop on a 2,000-mile itinerary, the interviews at Springfield only one incident in the Commission's attempt to learn about the Drought firsthand. Last week there were other incidents and other scenes...
Lamont on Peace: "I have no firsthand knowledge, but in the three weeks I spent in England and France the people struck me as far less apprehensive than many Americans are of an early outbreak of war in Europe. You see, although we are 3,000 miles away, our able American press supplies us every morning with reports of interesting occurrences in every capital of Europe. And we are so impressed with the bad side of the news that we are apt to forget the peace-loving millions in their homes and fields and factories, and to leap...
...write about a hurricane as two having authority. As popularizers of the epic tale of H. M. S. Bounty they have learned how to spin a stout melodramatic yarn. Plot of The Hurricane is truer to Hollywood than to life, but the details of its color and setting are firsthand, first-rate...
...week Reporter Lyman stoutly refused to reveal the source of his scoop. But Colonel Lindbergh's hatred of certain sensational newspapers, and his corresponding affection for the courteous Times, have long been well-known. Therefore Newshawk Lyman's statements could reasonably be accepted as authentic, possibly firsthand...
...held its fire because no facultyman had yet dared raise his voice in protest. When a complaint seems worthy of action, Committee A asks A. A. U. P. chapters in neighboring universities to nominate an investigating committee. The committee visits the complainant's campus, hears both sides firsthand. Sometimes it finds that a sluggard or incompetent has got his just deserts. Sometimes it is able to "work a reconciliation. Only in flagrant cases of injustice does it consign the offending university to public infamy in a stinging report...