Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...vehemently continued the Acting Secretary of State, "that any such adventure in suicide is imminent! On the contrary, I am convinced that the leaders of those nations, knowing what a perhaps fatal blow another extensive war would be to the fabric of European civilization, will find some common-sense method of adjusting all controversies. Of course all the world would be glad to see the civil strife in Spain wholly localized...
...purge, Critic Buck last week addressed these good words to Arizonans: "Arizona has the justifiable reputation of having a very desirable climate and because of this reputation enjoys a most favorable tourist trade. No one wishes to do anything which would interfere with this trade. The safest and surest method . . . would seem to lie in emphasizing the fact (when that stage of development has been reached when one can honestly do so) that Arizona is carrying on a thoroughly modern, well-balanced program for health protection and promotion insuring the health and happiness of its people and its visitors...
...play the ball on the rising bounce drew the sting from the speedy ground strokes for which Vines likes plenty of time to get into position. A match between two expert tennists is always a tactical battle in which the man who plays well enough to impose his method on the other is the winner. After the first set, the only time when Vines really looked as if he had a chance was when he took the first three games of the fourth set. Perry won six of the next seven and the match. Two nights later, they played again...
Numerous textile concerns have dodged the law by splitting bids into lots of less than $10,000, a method suggested for motor makers. Last week, however, International Harvester and Reo Motor were awarded truck contracts after the Labor Department clarified some knotty legal points. One question raised by Harvester was whether the hours provisions applied to its other operations such as farm machinery or only to its truck plants. The Labor Department held that only the particular plant making Government goods was affected. In the case of the copper companies all mine operations might be included, which was presumably...
...fact that it was "handicapped from the beginning by financial structures overloaded with funded debt which was not reduced in good times." To assure more provident procedure in the future. I. C. C. had adopted the policy of insisting upon sinking funds in all railroad reorganization plans. By this method the carrier's bonds could be paid off gradually, regularly, out of earnings...