Word: gloom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...London last week viewed the international situation with misgiving, 'unmitigated gloom' would be the only phrase to characterize this week's mood. Only on one or two occasions since the war has the British capital indulged so openly in alarmist talk...
...Thursday afternoon the city of London gave itself up to a perfect orgy of gloom, and one friendly financier warned his newspaper friends that they had better draw what cash they were likely to need for some time, as the Bank of England was going to close its doors on Monday! This was merely a prize specimen of the crop of rumors...
Manhattan's gloom was discounted by Willis H. Booth, vice president of Guaranty Trust...
Totals 636 The Conference met in a cloud of gloom. Sessions were "secret," punctuated by leaks. Quarreling began on the first day and continued until the last. Nothing was accomplished except to make "personal contacts" and set up a permanent statistical bureau to gather data on wheat, already plentiful. The Conference disbanded, died an utter failure...
...rare bright light in Depression's gloom was this announcement made last week by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Proud of it were the folk of Winston-Salem, N. C., home of Reynolds Tobacco, second-largest-earning company in the industry. Proud of it were the company's officials. But especially proud of it was the Manhattan advertising agency (with offices also in many another city) of Erwin, Wasey & Co. Three months ago Erwin, Wasey received the Camel account. They immediately launched a $1,000,000 campaign running for eight days in 1,713 dailies, 2,139 weeklies, 426 college...