Word: million
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...than the Smith vote in 1928, the Roosevelt vote 921,868 more than the Hoover vote of that year. The Roosevelt plurality (6,738.584) was still exceeded by that given Calvin Coolidge (7,338,513) over his major opponent in 1924 when the La Follette ticket got almost five million votes. Despite the size of his popular vote President Hoover remained the most badly beaten nominee in the Electoral College (59-to-472) since Lincoln overwhelmed McClellan...
...thousand or a million or a billion rubles (nominally worth 50? each) will not buy an exit visa; and of course Russians in Russia cannot earn valuta, can earn only rubles. Thus the new decree means that to leave his country a Russian will have to appeal to people outside for foreign money, virtual "head money" paid to the Soviet State for his release...
...Incarnate Lord Who was born in Bethlehem, give you His joy and peace this Christmas time." The Church of Christ, Scientist had a card with a picture of its Mother Church in Boston. Between these two was exhibited a card by one Herbert Fields of Paris, which read: "Fifty million Christians can't be wrong...
...Million (Paramount) develops an obvious idea in an obvious way. Since the obvious idea is one which cinema producers have overlooked, and since it is handled with skill and enthusiasm, If I Had a Million gives the impression of being a startlingly original picture as well as clever and interesting. John Glidden (Richard Bennett) is a crusty millionaire, infuriated by the avarice and incompetence of the persons who expect to inherit his money. Instead of making a will he decides to distribute his fortune, $1,000,000 at a time, to persons selected at random from the telephone directory...
Through the initiative of someone who wished to interest students in the French Language, and through the kindness of sponsors in Boston and Cambridge, the first French film, Le Million, was presented in the Geography Building on December first, 1931. The films, selected by an instructor, have been on the whole, excellent, though not always pleasing to the tastes of everyone. One which was the subject of criticism was the admirably directed "Marius" because the dialect of its characters was a medley of French and Italian sounds. Except for this, the films, and especially Rene Clair's, which have been...