Word: lets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Coolidge has cut out his autumn's work for himself. It is not the Power Trust. He will let that take care of itself or let Secretary West take care of it when the Insurgent Republicans and Democrats bring it to head. It is not Nominee Hoover's election. He will let the Nominee take care of that unless a fatherly fillip seems necessary in New York or somewhere. It is not the deficit, which is a comparatively simple departmental matter, considering its predicted size (94 millions on a total budget of 3.7 billions...
...taken for granted that the Lombardo killing was retaliation for the death, two months ago of Frankie Uale (Yale), Brooklyn gangster (TIME, July 9). But, as in some 215 other Chicago murders during the past two years, no conviction was probable. Chicago police philosophy is to let the thugs shoot each other up and devil take the hindmost innocent bystander...
...Kellogg Treaty adds a bit," he said, "yes it adds a bit, but only a bit to that peace mentality that needs creating. . . . Disarmament touches the interests of the working class, but it might be cheaper to pension all those engaged in naval or military work than to let them continue unholy preparations...
...General Strike times "Jumping Jack" was one of the most popular Laborites in England and the enfant terrible of the House of Commons. Nowadays, with jobs scarce and employers holding the whip hand, Mr. Jones no longer jumps. His howlers down cried, "Keep out the Reds, but let all the rest...
...colleagues. The academic and the workaday are more separate there than here. Hence Sir William was obliged to exhort: "The plain truth is that modern craftsmanship, with all its noise and ugliness, is giving food, clothing, warmth and interest to millions who otherwise must die. In all honesty let us recognize that we live on craftsmanship in its modern form." The motor, aviation; chemical, electrical industries all need and use scientific research. But British factories are sluggards in their support of science; not so U. S. factories...