Word: lifting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last week John Barry Ryan Jr., strapping young grandson of the late Financier Thomas Fortune Ryan, became a newspaper publisher (TIME, July 14). He bought the stagnant New Jersey Freie Zeitung, created also the Newark Free Press, believed he could make the latter a big enough success to lift the former. Last week the Free Press was no more. It, and the Freie Zeitung (which continued publication) were in receivers' hands, admittedly insolvent...
...Gross lift of the ZRS-4 with helium: 402,000 lb. With hydrogen: 442,000 lb. With 90-10 mixture...
...Unless the Disarmament question, over which the United States is greatly concerned, is settled satisfactorily, the Americans will not lift a finger to help Europe further." It was clear from Dr. Schacht's other remarks that he meant by "helping Europe" a voluntary scaling down by the U. S. of what the Allies owe in War debts, thus permitting them to scale down what Germany owes them under the Young Plan. "The Americans are the only people," continued Dr. Schacht warmly, "to whom Germany may look for some possible initiative toward revision of the Young Plan...
...which U. S. people who admire Sir Thomas had been sending in money-a consolation cup to show they thought him a good loser. Sir Thomas was feeling too badly to read all of his speech but got through some of it. ". . . After one of my former attempts to lift the cup I received a letter from a lady sympathizer inquiring whether it was true that the Americans had put something in the water to prevent my winning. I wrote back at once telling her that what she said was quite true and that as a matter of fact...
...Democratic stand on Prohibition did much to lift the party above their rather lack-lustre past for some years. The United States has been irked by the procrastination of the Republicans where this issue is concerned. The Democratic landslide was as much a search for remedies as an expression of public faith. The repeal of the Baby Volstead Act in Massachusetts may well cast its shadow on the national elections...