Word: idealize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Commission considers . . . enforcement in the country as a whole unsatisfactory. . . . The Commission by a large majority does not favor repeal of the 18th Amendment. . . . I am in accord with this view. I am in unity with the spirit of the report in seeking constructive steps to advance the national ideal of eradication of the social and economic and political evils of the [liquor] traffic . . . at the same time facing with an open mind the difficulties which have arisen under this experiment...
...mere political platform, nailed down to girders of decision and principle. It was a magic carpet upon which any candidate for the Presidency in 1932 could fly now East, now West; now Dry, now Wet. Had President Hoover been so overweening as to ask Chairman Wickersham for a politically ideal report, Chairman Wickersham could not have complied more skilfully...
...politically-minded and not in love with him. His son, after a correct education, is started well with one of the smart brokerage firms of the city. His daughter has been married "brilliantly" to Prince Rezzonica and lives in Italy except for rare visits to America. The conditions seem ideal to Dorn for his move and he is about to get off when Delice, the Princess Rezzonica, appears on one of her rare visits...
While speculation is rife as to the ultimate efficacy of the new housing facilities at Harvard and Yale, their purpose could have a partial realization if similar relationships between teachers and students are fostered. The day may again return when academic Sundays approach the ideal established by their mauve decade counterparts...
...engagement ring. While the trial was still in progress. Paramount removed Miss Bow from the cast of City Streets in which she was to star with Gary Cooper. Said Chief Studio Executive B. P. Schulberg: "She has been under severe nervous strain . . must have a rest. . . ." Beau Ideal (Radio ) . Photographically brilliant, but hindered by dreadful dialog and a silly story, this sequel to Capt. Percival Christopher Wren's Beau Geste is weak stuff in spite of the care that has been wasted staging it. Lester Vail joins the Foreign Legion to find Ralph Forbes and bring him back...