Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ideas of the general welfare. Mr. Jackson's score card is damaging to the Court's record, for he shows convincingly that time has never once vindicated the Court in any major conflict with the representative branches on any question of social or economic policy. "Its judgment in the Dred Scott case was overruled by war. Its judgment that the currency that preserved the Union could not be made legal tender was overruled by Grant's selection of an additional Justice. Its judgment invalidating the income tax was overruled by the 16th Amendment. Its judgments repressing labor...
...sincere with yourself first of all, and then use judgment and common sense " "If you want a fur coat and can't afford one, don't get an imitation. A good cloth coat will be more attractive and more serviceable." "If you can't afford expensive tapestries or draperies, don't get cheap imitations. Get prints or simple cloths." "Don't try to keep up with the Joneses. It's not only bad taste, but brings unhappiness...
...Certain curmudgeons m these parts will hear with relief that Miss Lawrence has somewhat abated since her last didoes in New York. She can now express wild surprise without such feats of contortion as really ought to be saved up for the more startling details of the Last Judgment...
When he took over the hospital (against his better judgment) it had a capacity of 2,500, housed 5,560. Today, with the same capacity, the number has increased to 5,820. For keeping up the hospital, Dr. Woolley gets only a little over $2,000,000 a year. It is almost impossible, said he, to hire capable attendants at wages of $55 a month. Even on his meagre budget, Dr. Woolley has been able to clear away rotting wooden floors, start occupational therapy for the patients, even operate a beauty parlor to keep the women quiet...
...Greek. Haughty, aloof and fiercely independent, he went to Italy, studied with Titian, warmed his hands at the dying flames of the Italian Renaissance. He got a little too close to the fire. When he claimed arrogantly that he himself could do a better job on the Last Judgment, than Michelangelo, "a good fellow, but with no idea of painting," Italy's art world became too hot for him. He moved to Spain...