Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Like the Theatre Sirs: Mrs. John Lee Connable of this address has a wonderful radio. We look forward each week to your Friday evening dramatic rendering of the events of the week, which we both consider one of the finest renditions on the radio. It is like going to the theatre. Tonight we were both in tears as the rising of the river washed away home and drowned mother and daughters. The flood at Columbus, Ohio occurred when I was living in my own home, a very handsomely built house, but thank God far away from the flood...
...byways of national politics and make a name for himself that is recognized throughout the country. (Pause.) But it is a matter of sorrow and regret to see a man betray the union of his youth-(pause)-for 30 lousy pieces of silver!'' Furious, Mr. Hurley rushed forward shouting objections. Neither turning head or shifting gaze, Mr. Lewis, with magnificent indifference, interjected: "Strike out '30 pieces of silver.' Let it stand 'Betray the union of his youth,' " and then resumed the even tenor of his oratory. Two days later he cracked another head. Forney...
...ever. . . . Fortunes change hands every seven years. Who gets them? Somebody else. . . . A clearheaded, hard-working young man never admits a closed frontier. . . . If he can give better service than a corporation, he succeeds the corporation. . . . Intelligent men profit by history. The intelligent young man reads back, then looks forward."* Mercury to the Masses. As leading entrepreneur of the Depression, Cord finds himself at 39 one of the most meteoric figures
...game played earlier in the season, the New York Rugby Club proved that it had a strong team. Outstanding in the New York lineup are Letcher, a clever forward; Carey, the scrum half who was a substitute on the all-eastern team which played Cambridge; and Howland and Strange, former Yale football players...
...Arena, a slight, dark Public Ledger photographer named Donald Corvelli spotted Franklin Roosevelt Jr. & party in the tenth row. During some excitement caused by one cf the wrestlers being hurled from the ring, Cameraman Corvelli popped his flashbulb, aimed his lens at Junior Roosevelt. The latter saw him, ducked forward, but too late. Grinning, Cameraman Corvelli trotted toward an exit. In a flash Roosevelt Jr., boiling mad, was out of his seat and at the cameraman's heels. He over-took him in the lobby, spilled him to the floor, jumped up & down on the camera. Police intervened, companions...