Word: kept
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...argue the merits of capital punishment, and to applaud vigorously when the unanimous decision of the three judges awarded the victory to the Bostonians. At times the contest degenerated into almost parliamentary caviling, but on many occasions it rose to brilliant heights of clear presentation and quick rebuttal which kept the audience breathless...
...were beginning to get publicity by boasting of similar features to come, Editor Long announced that the leading article of the April Cosmopolitan was "On Entering and Leaving the Presidency," by Calvin Coolidge. Thus were the Coolidge record for silence, and the Coolidge respect for the dignity of office, kept unblemished. Thus did Editor Long cash the publicity of his surprise at practically face value. Contrary to early reports, the first instalment of the Coolidge article was not written on a train between Washington and the Bok bird sanctuary in Florida which the President pilgrimaged to dedicate (TIME...
...rediscount rate. During the entire Federal Reserve-Wall Street controversy there has been a strong undercurrent of rumor concerning dissension among Reserve Board Members. It has been claimed that Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, has been opposed to any rise in the rediscount rate, that his influence has kept the Board from taking drastic measures. Neither personal nor political reasons are lacking to make such an attitude logical for Mr. Mellon. Not only is the Bull Market an evidence of Republican Prosperity, but rising rediscount rates would make more difficult the flotation of Treasury Loans. Whether...
...offer as wide a range for his activities as any other line of business. Various departments might be mentioned--Actuarial, where the figures are made up on which rates are based; the Underwriting where clauses and contracts for the policies are made up; the General Accounting, where records are kept, as in any large organization--these, and others, divided into the different fields in which the Company may be engaged, which are Life. Fire, and Casualty, present diversified opportunities for the college graduate...
...equipped in a year or two with the reading knowledge of German necessary for the degree requirements and the demands of study in an important language of science. To accomplish this work is a heavy tax on, both the university officials and the student body. Men are kept back from advanced study until they possess the necessary key to unlock the storehouse of much knowledge. Considerable time, as well, is spent in elementary work that might better be done in lower schools where the mental discipline would be more keenly beneficial to younger minds, and where there would...