Word: lief
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Senator Norris sternly questioned the motives behind the King-Bridges proposal for an investigation. "I am just as anxious as any man on earth," he shouted, "to expose any evil, if there is an evil. .... In perfect fairness I would say to the Senator I would just as lief Willkie should be on the committee as the Senator from New Hampshire. ... He hates the TVA." Senator Norris had proposed an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. But to many Congressmen the idea of one group of Roosevelt appointees sitting in judgment on another looked, despite the sincerity of George Norris...
...such qualification. Phillip M. Andress, '37, also qualified as Expert. Richard G. Labovitz, '38 and Wallace H. Cox, '38 qualified as Sharpshooters with averages over 78 per cent. Alfred M. Torrielli, '38, John Fox, '37, Keith H. Higgs, '37, Lawrence E. Marcus, '38. Joseph Franklin, '38, and Philip A. Lief, '37, qualified as Markmen with an average of over 60 per cent...
...close of camp the members of the Class of '37 received their commissions an Second Lieutenants, Field Artillery Reserve. These were Philip M. Andress, William P. Bittenbender, John Fox, Keith H. Higgs, Philip A. Lief received a certificate which will entitle him to be commissioned when he reaches his 21st birthday...
BRANDEIS: THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF AN AMERICAN IDEAL-Alfred Lief-Stackpole...
...Conrad, a pretty little German girl who painted too, decided to get married last September. They got a clean, one-room studio apartment on East 18th Street, sold a little work, saved their empty milk bottles to take back to the delicatessen. Last February Rob Godfrey went on re lief, was put to teaching WPA art classes. Last autumn Rob Godfrey painted a bright portrait of his wife looking attractive and intense in a sport coat and plaid scarf. She thought it was good enough to submit for the National Academy of Design show. He did not. Hadn...