Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from which Hamilton wrote his report on manufactures, which gave the first impetus to the protective tariff in this country and was the first attempt to survey the industrial resources of the United States. The book should be of interest to those who are turning to the past to help in solving present day economic conditions...
...Besides the four names above, 126 other women help make laws in the U. S., as members of state legislatures. One is a Negress, Mrs. E. Howard Harper of West Virginia. The party affiliations of the 126 are as follows: Republicans, 86; Democrats, 34 nonpartisan, 5; independent...
Such things are ghastly to contemplate. More ghastly here, perhaps, than in any other mystery play this season. As acted by a goodly troupe including Helen Chandler, heroine, Alan Dinehart, hero, and Clarke Silvernail, Chinese servant, they wring frightened yelps from a trembling audience. Mr. Silvernail's drolleries help to relieve tension at terror stricken moments. On the way home spectators can be heard boasting they didn't believe a word...
Second, for London: U. S. loans to Australia help sterling to maintain itself at par, for when dollars flow outward towards the Antipodes gold sovereigns may hold the fort in London City...
Then The Christian Century concluded sardonically: "As one reads this list of inducements, one cannot help wondering what sort of ministerial candidate it will attract. Another Polycarp? Or Athanasius? Or Francis? Or Luther? Or Latimer? Or Wesley? Or Brooks? Would it have caused the closing up of a carpenter shop in Nazareth...