Word: likings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...yours and mine-have in common: freedom is the air we breathe, freedom is in our blood and bones: the independence of the human spirit. But we are so used to it that if we ever think of it at all, we think it has dropped into our laps like manna from the skies, and unless we go a little beneath the surface in our questioning, we may feel that we enjoy this freedom because we are better than other people and therefore more worthy of it. Indeed we may give an impression to the world of that complacent self...
Characteristic was her response when, campaigning for her husband in New Jersey, she was asked to describe their early married life. Said she: "You would like me to say that I cooked every meal for my husband for three years. That would be good campaign material, wouldn't it? But I didn't. . . . We always had a maid...
...many other conveniences like shower bath, radio and telephones...
...businessmen want cash) .and commodity prices up (because Governments and corporations want essential supplies). London markets ran true to form last week; most commodities rose because of speculative war stocking (including heavy copper and rubber buying by Germany). Instead of following the pattern, U. S. commodity prices marched downhill like stocks (the Bureau of Labor Index remained at its low; Dow-Jones and Moody commodity indices each fell over a point). Something besides war fear was obviously at work...
...whole Empire is naked-nude, like poor old honest John: He ceased to be a mighty dude, for he had nothing on. Both big and little watched aglow this novel kind of nudist show; What John exposed, to his distress, was not alone his nakedness...