Word: furiously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...speeded it toward enactment. Originally Mr. Roosevelt accepted Senator Glass's proposal to place the power of exchange regulation in a separate commission instead of in the Federal Trade Commission. Fortnight ago, after consulting with Federal Trade Commissioner Landis, the President reversed himself. Peppery little Senator Glass was furious and many another Senator shared his displeasure. Last week House and Senate conferees kept in touch with angry Senator Glass who kept in touch with Federal Reserve Governor Eugene Black who kept in touch with the President. To end the argument the President once again agreed to Mr. Glass...
...into the highways and 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...
While playing backgammon in the garden of her villa at Juan-les-Pins, France, Maxine Elliott, oldtime actress-beauty, was nipped on the ankle by her pet monkey, Kiki. Furious, Queen Elliott had Jester Kiki's teeth pulled out. Next day Queen Elliott, appeased, took gory-gummed Kiki for a walk...
...Government was furious. Nobody knew that Samuel Insull still had $10.000, unless, perhaps, it was the Ministry of the Interior. Premier Tsaldaris promptly forced Minister of the Interior M. J. Mountsourides to resign. Greek public opinion was outraged at this slur on the nation's honor, at this insult to a friendly power. Admiral Hadjikyriakos. commander of the Greek navy, radioed the malodorous Maiotis to return to Piraeus instantly. The ship swung round. Samuel Insull, smiling happily under his new black mustache, thought he was bound for Abyssinia, one of the few spots in all the world where...
...Bank of Canada is the legislative offspring of a Royal Commission's report on the Dominion's banking system. Last spring when Canada's Bank Act came up for its regular decennial overhauling, the furious farmers of the Prairie Provinces howled for a new system, for lower interest rates and "nationalization of credit...