Word: means
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Phil La Follette's points obviously did not add up to a clear-cut set of governmental principles. His one pass at an economic technicality, the brief proposal of Government control of credit, was nowhere amplified. At very least it would mean nationalization of the Federal Reserve banks. At most, it would mean nationalization of the entire banking system. But when he waded into his speech, Phil La Follette spread himself enthusiastically and, to many a listener, compellingly over half the isms in the social and political dictionaries...
...active as a malted-milk mixer, Welles is for all that very heavyset, his adolescent moon face slowly beginning to resemble a Roman Emperor's. Told he looks Roman, he asks interestedly: "Do you mean sensual?" His own description of himself: "I look like the dog-faced boy." Troubled by his asthma, untroubled by his flat feet, Welles gets a little exercise walking and fencing, most by directing and rehearsing. He starts off a Falstaffian meal with a dozen oysters, tops it off with a big black 75?cigar...
...Times gave its readers no reason for the 50% jump. But the Herald Tribune provided a clue: "Substantial increases in all costs that affect newspaper publishing. ..." For the Times, the extra penny will mean increased annual revenue of about $1,000,000, for the Herald Tribune more than $500,000. Since the beginning of last year, more than 200 publishers have raised their papers' prices-some to 5?. The two-cent paper, once ubiquitous in the U. S., is gradually disappearing...
...other aptitude tests given by other schools." The difficulty arises from the fact that other schools have considered college records, aptitude and personality all together, and thus failed to isolate the results of the aptitude tests. "Personality," remarked Mr. Landis, "tends to be more guesswork." He said it might mean social background or almost anything that the interviewer wanted to take into consideration...
...results. The result of trying to forecast law school results on the basis of college records tabulated for over ten years seems to be that "a poor performance in college is an indication of a lessened chance of success in law school." Yet one cannot interpret the data to mean that a person who gets A's in college will necessarily do well in law school. The figures can only be used as an indication of lessened chances of success rather than as guarantees...