Word: glumly
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...preliminary negotiations in Paris between the French and German ministers. When he detailed a French plan whereby, to get a loan, Germany must declare a political truce for ten years against the Versailles Treaty and the status quo of Europe guaranteed by the other powers, President Hoover looked glum, said something about such an idea being "unacceptable" to the U. S. Nor, he indicated, would the U. S. act as guarantor on any German loan, because that could be done only by act of Congress...
...Forge while Governor Pinchot was memorializing his old idol Theodore Roosevelt at his Oyster Bay tomb. While nobody seriously expected Mr. Pinchot to muster 10% of the delegates to the national convention, he became an anti-Hoover symbol around whom disgruntled Republicans could rally. Last week Nebraska's glum old Senator Norris remarked : "Pinchot would make an excellent man and I'm for him 500 times more than I am for President Hoover...
...Streets, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) as a monumental site for the Metropolitan Opera. But the Opera balked. The Rockefeller estate was left with a temporarily useless tract of land. Architects and engineers, who had been licking their chops at the thought of the juiciest contracts in generations, turned glum...
After he had gone, the jury, glum, tired in mind, spirit and body, issued their verdict: "No trial necessary...
...particularly with the Government facing a deficit, would fall hardest of all on Veteran Jim Jobless. While the argument went on, domestic bond-prices dropped about $12 and Government 4½s dropped $27 per $1,000 bond. Agitators for the cash Bonus cried: "Manipulation!" Bankers, really worried, looked glum...