Word: fresh
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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That chop was the beginning, perhaps, of an Economy Congress. Or perhaps it was the fall of a fresh, young, oat-feeling Congress into the trap of a master politician. Franklin Roosevelt certainly did not worry unduly, knowing that in this era of a Permanently Unbalanced Budget, Congress would have a hard time taking his dare to economize generally-on pensions, Social Security, national defense...
...Argentina's favor. The U. S. (except when the 1935-37 drought necessitated unusual imports of Argentine grain) ordinarily buys less from Argentina than she sells her, does not enjoy Argentina's favor. Long a sore point with Argentina is the prohibition against the import of fresh Argentine meat to the U. S., a ban largely due to the claims of lobbyists from cattle & sheep-raising western States that Argentine meat comes from livestock suffering from hoof-and-mouth disease...
PROVIDENCE, R. I. Jan, 17 (ILNC) Fresh from a 49 to 26 triumph over Dartmouth, the Brown varsity swim squad reputed to be the best in years, faces Harvard tomorrow night in what promises to be a very close contest...
While the Faculty Council at Harvard was announcing that the study of English grammar and composition will be made much more intensive as a requirement for freshman classes, Teachers College at Columbia burst into print yesterday with a story to the effect that a course in the "Technique of Fresh Water Angling" is to be added to the curriculum of that institution--which already has courses in poultry raising, baseball and piano tuning...
Some products sell particularly well in depressions: neckties-because they are a cheaper way of sprucing up than new suits of clothes; cans-because canned food is generally cheaper than fresh. From an announcement last week by the New York Coffee & Sugar Exchange, it appears that coffee may also belong in this special group. As it has in several depression years since 1929, U. S. coffee consumption last year set a new high. The 1938 figure was 14.38 lbs. per person, up 1.34 lb. since...