Word: good
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Please, Gov'ner Neff, be good an' kind, An' if I can't get a pardon, will...
...Francisco's Golden Gate Fair: ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith was proclaimed Mayor of Treasure Island. Cracked he: "What we need in this country is good old-fashioned 'come-outside-and-put-me-out' Americanism." Others: Congressman Martin Dies (to harangue a patriotic meeting), Diva Grace Moore, Shirley Temple and parents...
Fervor was added to the proceedings by Colgate University's president, Dr. George Barton Cutten. President Cutten said: "TIME Magazine has called me 'the most reactionary college president in America.' Well, I have good company. I think God is reactionary, doing the things the same as he did 20,000 years ago. ... I suppose the young people today say He hasn't an open mind because He doesn't do things in a modern way. If He did, I suppose they would have girl babies born with hairline eyebrows, purple lips and green fingernails...
...annual Auto Show-has already been moved forward a month, to October, to motor makers all-summer shut downs seem unavoidable and they are tempted to beat the gun on each other by putting 1940 models on the streets as early as July. This would not be good news to industry's toolmakers, for such premature previews would pay dividends to manufacturers who spent least time (and money) on getting new machinery for the new models...
...cold, wind-swept Yale track the Mikkolamen made good their early season promises, clicking off 11 out of 15 first places. Highlights in the Crimson's stunning triumph were the double victories scored by Jim Lightbody in the 440 and 880, George Downing in the shot and discus, and Don Donahue in the hurdles...