Word: generalizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...crush after the ninth. Last week that kind of discretion may have motivated the resignation of one of Franklin Roosevelt's most faithful and useful sub-Cabinet henchmen: chunky, chipmunk-cheeked Joseph Berry ("Joe") Keenan, 51, who was called from his profitable Cleveland law practice to assist Attorney-General Homer Cummings with criminal prosecutions at the peak of the Kidnap Era (1933) and who stayed on to become chief White House overseer of the Senate, especially in Federal judgeship appointments. Should the New Deal game end in late 1940 and hordes of its legal alumni come pouring...
...Alfred Reeves, vice president & general manager of the Automobile Manufacturers Association, predicted defeat for Homer Martin. Said knowing "Al" Reeves: "Manufacturers feel that Martin would be easier to deal with, but their chief concern is in a quick settlement . . . regardless of the winner...
Last week an "economy" committee of the Georgia General Assembly, investigating the $5,000,000 contracts of the Department of Public Welfare for insane asylum buildings at Milledgeville and other projects, turned up one with Robert & Co. which promised the firm 6% (some $300,000) for "architectural and engineering services." Finding that the services consisted partly of help in securing a $2,200,000 RFC loan and $1,800,000 PWA grant for the project, the committee balked. The Georgia House passed a resolution calling for cancellation of the Welfare Department's contract with Robert & Co. Representative Delacey Allen...
...more substantial rumors seeped through that German troops had infiltrated Libya. Color to the rumor was lent by the fact that German Storm Troop Leader Viktor Lutze had just "toured" the Libyan frontier as a civilian. Also visiting Libya was Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Chief of the Italian General Staff...
...announcing this action, the Council stated that "The Committee is to ascertain the opinion of both undergraduates and graduates concerning the Department, to discuss its general educational policy with particular attention to the emphasis on the historical approach to art as opposed to actual creative art, and to examine the positions of comparable departments in various other colleges and universities...