Word: higher
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...person to be in a position for which he is not fit. Asked if I did not think I was as fit as Senator Curtis, I said I did not think he was of the calibre for the office and I hoped our party would have a candidate of higher qualifications. Out of this has gone forth this interview throughout the country under headlines to the effect that I think I would 'Make a Better Vice President...
Germans. Even higher-95%-was an estimate placed upon the pro-Hoover vote forthcoming from German-Americans. The estimaters were a delegation, mostly Chicagoans, who had been chosen by a recent German-American conference in Manhattan to wait upon Spokesman Hubert Work. They said they represented the German-Americans of New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin...
...obliging Mrs. Stanley Baldwin, beloved and industriously charitable wife of the Prime Minister, produced a broadly political and deeply feminine opinion: "A woman Labor leader at Bournemouth declared, the other day, that the Socialist party is out for power. I fancy that we Conservative women want something which is higher than power. We want peace and goodwill, and we shall never get it from a party that preaches power and warfare...
Money was never so easy as last September, when the bull market was in full swing. But in Europe the central banks were in trouble. Helpfully, the Federal Reserve sought to ease up still further on credit in the U. S., with the sound idea that higher interest rates abroad would attract much-needed funds. It ordered the Chicago bank to reduce its rediscount rate from 4 to 3½%. Chicago bankers, led by famed Melvin Alvah Traylor, head of the powerful First National Bank, dissented sharply, voiced grave warnings. Unheeding, the Federal Reserve forced its way, helped Europe weather...
Last week, Polish and U. S. pilots complained. Poles, employed by the commercial Aerolot Co., demanded higher wages and, when their demands were refused, set a precedent for air pilots by going on strike. U. S. assistant pilots on the "model airway" between Los Angeles and San Francisco found their new duties beneath the dignity of flying men. Their duties: cooking and serving buffet luncheons for passengers, Pullman porter service for dusty topcoats and hats. They grumbled, did not strike...