Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...quote Sir William as saying: "Communism is not dead yet. . . . Communists . . . are proposing even to regulate the number of a man's children by law. ... I cannot help feeling rather for the father of a family, who has got almost up to the legal number of children, when the nurse comes downstairs from his wife's room and says, 'I am sorry to tell you it is twins.' I am afraid the nurse would have to ring up the police and tell them of the new crime that had been committed...
...Smith carries New York with Roosevelt's help, history may go one way. If Roosevelt wins (nearly every one concedes that he should win) and Smith loses, then some of history's advance chapters may need recasting...
Sticks and stones can break no political bones. Words are what help or hurt. And more potent than words are pictures...
...number of disadvantages. Chief among these is that substantial remuneration for the administration of important activities would bring about a decline in the quality of competitors for the important positions. Many of the able men of the college have sufficient means to enable them to go through college without help. These men would be inclined to feel that it would be unfair for them to compete against men who were actually in needs of funds. Even in the absence of pure altruism, such men might use this aspect of the situation to justify a lack of initiative on their part...
...prospect, to afford as much time to managerial duties as is desirable. It is pointed out also that under the new system the manager in office will be in a position always to receive valuable aid and advice from an experienced predecessor who will be on hand to help him. These appear to be the chief reasons advanced to explain this innovation in managerial policy,--an innovation which, provided it works well in one instance, may spread much farther...