Word: lot
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sometimes drifts to politics. Naturally I should like to be able to defend my country's democratic ideals, especially now in regard to the Jewish question. The reason why I cannot is adequately illustrated by a recent article in TIME (Dec. 5): A young man, not a whole lot older than Grynszpan, was said to have committed a crime. The only witness was an elderly lady-the very lady whose life and property were involved-but that was enough. No Dorothy Thompson appealed dramatically for funds to save his life; no corps of top-notch lawyers leaped...
...millions, is listed in Who's Who, with an entirely fictitious record including two college degrees. Do the editors of Who's Who make no check on the veracity of the facts in their volume ? Some energetic young reporter may find that their venerable volume has a lot of skeletons between its covers...
...recognize Japan's conquest of China (her Manchukuoan conquest is still unrecognized, too). Japan may still do as she likes since the U. S. is too far away to interfere, but until Japan behaves like a civilized state and makes lawful, orderly proposals, the U. S. will lot condone her behavior...
Last week Lloyd Wilson came back at the Bureau. Not to save $6.18 (filing an appeal cost him $10) but to establish a point that "could mean a big saving for a lot of people," he argued that the law recognizes unborn children as living human beings in many other instances. It permits a child to inherit from a father who dies before the child is born. It calls abortion murder. Mrs. Wilson also added an argument: "The doctor's bill started long be fore the child was born. . . . The cost of supporting a child doesn't wait...
First there was the regular pigskin season. Then a few teams decided to stage intersectional clashes to prolong the season into December. Shortly some one had the idea of a championship encounter, the Rose Bowl. Soon a lot of other people wanted a lot of other Bowls, the Sugar, the Cotton, the Finger, the Orange, and Hawaii's Pineapple. It was surprising, as a matter of fact, that baseball was able to keep possession of the Grapefruit...