Word: generalizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stepped off a train at St. Lazare to find that he had been sued for 5,000,000 francs by the Paris Press Association. But France's still democratic Government took no action, and TIME remained on French newsstands. Publisher Luce expressed regrets for TIME'S too-general indictment of the Parisian press. Fortnight later the Government, in an effort to put an end to venality, arrested a brace of journalists on charges of taking money from foreign countries. Thus public opinion in Paris was thoroughly aroused to the question of honesty-in-j ournalism...
This cheerful sign could not account for the shakiness of stock prices unless July's rate of production already anticipated fall business. Last week General Motors' Alfred P. Sloan Jr. and Chrysler's K. T. Keller (see p. 54) told business something closely approaching this. Said Sloan: "Automobile sales will be fully as good as last year." Said Keller: "The immediate prospect seems to be that business will continue at current levels, or possibly show some improvement " A generous estimate of "some improvement" might put the Federal Reserve index at a fall peak of between...
Then up to Willkie stepped in succession the representatives of 35 Tennessee cities, towns and cooperatives with checks totaling $33,696,795. First was Mayor Thomas L. Cummings of Nashville, who had been chivied by the Nashville Tennesseean and public opinion into following Tennessee's move to general public ownership. Said he, unmindful of TVAsters who stood near by: "Tennessee Electric Power always has given us the very best service. We regret that it is leaving the State of Tennessee...
...there has been little peace in the milkshed. When farmers got high prices for their milk, dealers were squeezed between production prices and the unwillingness of the public to pay more than 13-14? a quart. When production prices were down (due either to competition between the States or general overproduction) dealers and handlers were in clover while farmers pastured in barren fields...
...changed were those of Westinghouse's W8XK, the short-wave partner of Pittsburgh's KDKA. As 8XK, 8XS, then W8XK, this station has been broadcasting since 1921, is perhaps most noted for one of the least-heard radio features in the world-regular Far North news and general program broadcasts in English, French, Icelandic, Danish and Eskimo. The station was originally (as was KDKA) a gimmick in the garage of Westinghouse's Dr. Frank Conrad. The place had so much reverberation that Dr. Conrad pitched a tent inside, over the works-a sort of first radio soundproofing...