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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...same time he gave a graphic description of a type of money that is not only hot, but very apt to burn the fingers of American creditors. Tramp money will not stay put; it is a form of short term investment for foreigners, affording quick liquidation and till free, in spite of the Securities Exchange Commission, to move anywhere. When the President speaks of tramp money, or hot money, he does not fear a sudden withdrawal of foreign funds from the present rising market nor the consequent financial danger to the United States, but he does remember with no little...
After several days of profound insulin shocks, the patient is allowed to rest, free from insulin, for one to three days. Then he is put through a "polarization" or tapering off course of gradually diminishing doses of insulin. Summed up Dr. Sakel: "The results do not depend upon the size of the dose of insulin, but rather on the proper termination at the right time of each shock. ... I should like to add that I used to think that only recent cases would show a satisfactory response to treatment. But later I realized that in some chronic cases...
...have an interest in knowing, day by day, exactly what their elected representatives were doing in Washington's halls. Publisher with this notion was brisk young Henry Hayes ("Hank") Stansbury Jr., onetime New York American reporter and Paris correspondent for Universal Service. Subscription price: $15 for six months, free to Senators and Representatives. Competition in the field of specialized legislative reporting is David Lawrence's United States News, once the United States Daily...
...first to eliminate rain-static, does it with an aluminum covering. Unlike Pan American's system, TWA's requires the pilot to triangulate his own position. The new loop also receives the regular beam, thus gives the pilot a choice of two navigational methods. Offering it free to any airline, TWA cautioned that its new loop is not infallible under all conditions. Any radio, for example, may go dead in the midst of a severe thunder & lightning storm...
...over the place. I never saw anything like it. He wagged his tail so hard that he knocked three loose rungs out of my front stairs banister. Twice I locked him in a cage outdoors. Both times he broke loose. Then I tied him. He chewed himself free. He was too much for us. About a month ago we had to destroy...