Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fields where cattle were munching the last dry straws of a crop that would never be harvested, drove over roads silted with the drifting topsoil of neighboring farms, passed signs which read, "You gave us beer. Now give us water." And, on -the speakers' stand at Devils Lake, leaning forward with his hands braced on the table holding microphones, he said in slow and sombre syllables: "I cannot honestly say that my heart is happy today, because I have seen with my own eyes some of the things that I have been hearing and reading about. . . ." When he reached Washington...
...mind to expect such a radical change so suddenly," flashed the Premier, and his hearers bowed forward eagerly. Did this mean that he was going to buck the Navy's demand for Japanese equality? Suavely Admiral Okada covered himself, "I repeat that it is not in my mind to expect such radical changes so suddenly but I do not favor the present ratio principle. It hurts the self-respect of nations...
...loan which would pay all teachers in full. The $3,000,000 balance, to be paid to school board civil service employes, will come from a special fund now made available for that purpose. Already signed were 252,000 pay checks totaling $25,447,240. Every teacher could look forward to a windfall of from...
...entered teams, came in the fifth set. Perry had led, 5-1. Wood then pulled up to 3-5 on his own serve. At 30-all, he still had a fair chance to even the series. He sent two shots in succession into the bottom of the net, walked forward to shake hands...
...phenomenal appearance of the Dionne quintuplets in Canada last May sharpened the ears of world Press for news of multiple births.* Last month Rumania came forward with a report of sextuplets (TIME, July 23). That was an event which, according to the "Rule of 87," could occur only once in 5,000 million births. Subsequent investigations proved the Rumanian "sextuplets" to be only twins...