Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Almost to a man the Prime Minister's Conservative Party cracked down on the tax. It was described as "monstrous," as "the most disastrous proposal any government has put forward since the War." Only one Government supporter praised the measure-Sir John Simon, who as newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer had to speak well of it. Neville Chamberlain was in the unenviable position of being opposed by the Party of which he had been appointed leader that very...
Newshawks smacked their lips over a good story and a better one to come, for tax-dodging tycoons are juicy copy. But newshawks were gently cynical, just two years ago at this time the President put forward his soak-the-rich inheritance, gift and surtaxes. Early last year he put forward his undivided profits tax on corporations. Some suggested that Franklin Roosevelt was having a periodic attack of soak-the-richitis...
Dreamy Actress Jane Cowl glided forward to give the delegates a 23-word "benediction": "The important thing is to keep this thing that was handed down to us from the Greeks and before that -going. Bless...
...later when the plane is flying faster but when the engine needs less cooling because it is throttled down. To meet these shifting conditions the NACA has devised a shifting cowling with two nose slots. Air enters around the propeller hub, flows back over the cylinders, then is turned forward and issues from a small slot running the entire circuit of the cowling front. A gearshift makes this slot movable, so that air pressure on the engine can be controlled and adjusted to any cooling requirement...
...other passengers were mostly likable, the sunsets were tremendous. Standish was so bursting with health and the love of life that he even got up early sometimes to watch the sun rise. The 13th day out of Hawaii he rose before dawn, dressed with his usual care, went forward to his favorite sunrise-watching spot, a door in the bow about 15 ft. above the water, kept open because of the halcyon weather. There he stood and watched the sun rise. As he turned to go, his foot slipped on a grease spot and he fell overboard...