Word: generously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Copeland was wise to limit his selections to the literatures of four great modern languages: French, German, Italian, and Russian. Had he gone farther, into the Classics for example, his book would have been too comprehensive. As it is, we have generous selections from Villon, Ronsard, La Rochefoucauld, Moliere, de Sevigne, Balzse, Louys, Goethe, Nietzsche, Zweig, Dante, Destoyevsky, Chetchov, Andrayev, and scores of others, each in a standard version and selected with the highest discrimination. As far as I know, this collection is unique. It should be of incalculable value in providing the modern reader with a full assortment...
Thus the Administration should not take its victory on Tuesday as a criterion for its future policy. It must not play the part of a generous uncle who gives his nephew a toy every time he asks for one. There must be method in his policies which will offer industry and agriculture constructive aid. In short, confidence must be restored by making sure that the government's credit will be used only where it assists, not hinders...
This was the situation when, fortnight ago, Mr. Baruch returned from Europe. In 1918-19 Bernard Baruch, as head of the War Industries Board, was absolute dictator of U. S. business, an even greater autocrat than Hugh Johnson became under NRA. As generous with his advice and counsel to Republicans as to Democrats, Mr. Baruch was from time to time useful to the Hoover Administration. When Franklin Roosevelt went to Washington, "Bernie" Baruch was slated to be a trusted White House economic observer. "I am a speculator." he said once, "and make no apologies for it. The word comes from...
...jobs when those U. S. submarines went to the bottom (TIME, Oct. 5, 1925; Dec. 26, 1927). His father, a diver called "Big Charley," was killed working in the Great Lakes, and "Big Charley's" father also lost his life diving. Roy Hansen counts on a generous cut of the Hussar's riches to retire...
...other musical philanthropies had already included $200,000 to the Chicago Civic Orchestra's Pension Fund; generous contributions to the MacDowell Colony in Peterboro, N. H.; the gift of Albert Arnold Sprague Memorial Hall to house the Yale School of Music...