Word: formulas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Late last October when business did not bulge as expected, President Hoover started to prepare for a second winter of Unemployment and distress. His relief formula : Each community must rely on local charity and help itself, with not a penny from the Federal Treasury. Though nothing was to come from Washington but advice, sympathy and cooperation, President Hoover held another round of conferences with such notables as Bernard Mannes Baruch, Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., Charles Hayden. A Cabinet committee was appointed "to formulate plans...
...national leadership. His political life, he realized, largely depended on what he did this winter. Twice he had tried and failed to hold down Unemployment. His third attempt, he knew, will be judged at renomination time and sentenced or applauded at the subsequent election. Convinced that his relief formula of local self-help was sound, he set about enlarging its scope, enlisting Big Names to increase its prestige. No less than the rising tide of joblessness, he was combating a growing Congressional demand for direct Federal aid - for a Dole...
...thought three months was long enough, said French law does not permit a six months extension, but since France owns only about 5% of the foreign credits in Germany her objections this time did not carry the weight that they usually do. France finally agreed to a special formula for a three months renewable prolongation...
...Exeter's "lead shot" (TIME, June 15, 29) -it was the traditional drink when I went to Exeter. For the benefit of Exonians Harrison. Harding and others of the present-day school, I submit the "formula" for an Exeter "lead shot...
...Woman of Experience (RKO-Pathé). Formula for spy stories: a shady lady enters government service in war time and is assigned to make friends with an enemy spy. She also falls in love with an aristocratic naval officer. The crisis comes when she saves the life of the naval officer, by outwitting the enemy spy. Few spy stories vary this formula greatly. A 'Woman of Experience varies it not at all. Spy stories are currently favored by producers as a measuring stick for actresses who seem capable of being built up into a resemblance to Greta Garbo (Mysterious...