Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Human Hospital. As governor, Huey made Earl attorney for the Orleans Parish inheritance-tax collector-a $15,000 job he had promised to abolish in order to use the money for a tuberculosis hospital. Earl was soon earning his keep. In 1929, the legislature, infuriated by Huey's browbeating, set out to impeach him. In the midst of the excitement the Kingfish threw himself on a bed and wept. But with Earl's help, he made secret forays and counterattacks. Huey had two methods of persuasion: cash and threats. On the eve of the impeachment proceedings, 15 state...
Cried Governor Leche: "I'm flabbergasted." He took to his bed and resigned. Earl, the human football, became governor...
...capitalism." (Fortunately there were no existentialists in the house.) The U.S., he continued, is trying to subject the world to economic bondage. "The world must fight the parasitical rapacious principle, the symbol of which is the abdomen, the worst enemy of the constructive principle, the symbols of which are human hands and brain...
...Canada's industrial mobilization, the standardization of U.S. and Canadian arms, what to do about U.S. bases in Newfoundland when the "Oldest Colony" becomes the newest province. No hard & fast detailed decisions were made; the idea of the meeting was to keep defense cooperation firmly based on close, human relationships...
...Lasker's house on Manhattan's stylish Beekman Place is decorated with paintings (by Dali, Picasso, Matisse) from her art-dealer days. But her real interest now is the foundation and the awards. Says she: "One human being on fire can do so much and nobody was paying much attention to the fire that came from these men." The awards, she thinks, may fan the fire...