Word: idea
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Plan. Idea that the executive branch needs repair did not originate with its present chief. Ever since the turn of the century, Presidents have been trying to untangle the underbrush of overlapping duties, conflicting authorities and mechanical inadequacies of the various bureaus, commissions and other agencies responsible to the executive. The bill which the Senate was debating last week, a considerably modified version of a report of a committee headed by a University of Chicago political science lecturer named Louis Brownlow, proposed five major changes...
Justice Brandeis, who still gives advice now and then to shaggy, crusading Deputy Commissioner Judd Dewey, would list the following reasons for the notable success of his idea: 1) Primary tenet of the Brandeis economic faith is that efficiency decreases with size. Savings banks are small, decentralized. And of course their life insurance departments are controlled by the same State reserve laws that control all insurance companies. 2 ) Terms in most cases are more beneficial to the policyholders. Most old-line policies cannot be turned in for cash till after the third year and then there is a surrender charge...
Having discovered the sparking skates of Sonja Henje, Twentieth-Century Fox has lately been putting the old-fashioned musical on ice-- something which, in more than one sense, is a splendid idea. Unfortunately for "Happy Landing," Miss Henie's latest vehicle, the story calls for too much of the old musical formula: broken hearts, romantic orchestra leaders, and wisecracking business managers. Unfortunately for Miss Henie, she has again been paired with Don Ameche, who should be pulling his darling little black mustache and muttering "foiled again"; and this time Ethel Merman and her fire-alarm voice have been thrown...
...Square. A couple of weeks ago they went down to Hartford to open their twentieth theatre; they say it's the most beautiful theatre in New England, but they may be biased. It is the first of the chain to bear the Name. They think this is a wonderful idea, and every new house they open is going to be called the Proven Pictures Theatre...
...whole idea is to try and clear up the age-old question as to whether strenuous athletics will impair the heart...