Word: mentionable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact "peaceful." Even the Court was skeptical of Mr. Rand's announced intention of using the millwrights to dismantle his Middletown mill, observing, however: "If bluffing were illegal, I am afraid that there would be a considerable reduction in the number of Connecticut Yankees, not to mention international diplomats . . . still at large...
...Uinta Mts. 51 miles east of Salt Lake City, killing 19, a Bureau of Air Commerce Investigating Board was en route to the scene before rescuers reached the shattered ship (TIME, Oct. 25 et seq.). Last week, in record time, their verdict was reached. It did not specifically mention "pilot error," did little to dispel the belief of many airmen that Earl Woodgerd, a notably careful pilot, believed all was well and he was safe on his course up to the moment he flew full speed into the mountainside. The verdict: "It is the opinion of the Investigating Board that...
...Museum of the City of New York last week was given $50,000 to create a gallery depicting the history of the New York Stock Exchange. When the gallery is completed there may well be mention of last week's market, for prices sagged broadly to a new 1937 low. Dow-Jones industrial averages closed one day at 118.13, lowest closing point since June 1935 and only a fraction above the depths touched by prices on "Black Tuesday," October 19. U. S. Steel dropped...
...Yale on Saturday made up for it all--the long, lean years, the months of gruelling afternoon work at Soldiers' Field, and the cynicism and the galling smiles that used to be occasioned by the mention of football at Harvard. It was a victory as satisfying as it was deserved, and it was enjoyed by those who sat on the bench the entire afternoon, despite the fact that they had worked just as hard as those who played. For they realized that the coaches owed a greater debt to football at Harvard, than to any individuals personally...
Planned and produced to earn the plaudits of those who shiver with ecstasy at mere mention of the word "Broadway," "Broadway Melody of 1938," current University offering, may draw the harsher criticism of those who want something more than a hodge-podge even in their musicals...