Word: lincoln
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lincoln in Illinois. Robert E. Sherwood's eloquent tribute to Lincoln and democracy, crowned by the Pulitzer Prize (TIME...
...last season, Hollywood had no production finger in any important Broadway pie. But unlike last season, it paid some fancy prices for hits. Abe Lincoln in Illinois was sold to Max Gordon Plays & Pictures Co. Inc. on a cash and royalty basis that may come to over $300,000, set a record. The American Way was sold to Gordon for $250,000. Setting a precedent, The Philadelphia Story was sold to Katharine Hepburn (its star) before it ever opened on Broadway...
This scheme is in the tradition of the great statesmen of America's history, he says. "I foresee a day when some Congressmen, not a wildcat but a man grounded in American history, faithful to the memory of John Adams, Jefferson, Van Buren and Lincoln, a man grounded in monetary horse sense and practical national finance will propose stamp scrip as payment for all new government expenditures, and for the payment of such part of their employees' salaries as they normally spend on their current expenses...
...field of "Public Administration". John D. Black, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, "Land Utilization in Worcester Country;" Harold H. Burbank, David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy. "Taxation of Property and Income;" A. Lincoln Gordon, instructor in Government, "Economic Planning in New Zealand;" and Richard Abel Musgrave, instructor in Economics, "A Comparative Study of Systems of Business Taxation in the United States, England, Sweden and Holland...
Besides the diet of beer and pretzels at the Pops, there has been plenty of substantial musical fare available, since the end of the regular season. Last week the Lincoln Symphony concert on Thursday evening was unexpectedly good, especially n the performance of the Mozart concerto for flute and harp. Probably the best concert of the week, however, was the Friday night Open House at the Longy School. The program was made up entirely of early eighteenth century chamber music which is at its best in the atmosphere of intimacy and informality which these recitals always have. The concert...