Word: minding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With this background in mind the realignment of himself for tomorrow's game has transpired extremely smoothly. "Here am I," he continues, "literally bubbling over with source information concerning the clash of two fine teams here in the Stadium, and probably regarded as a likely interconnecting conduit to be tapped, first come, first served...
...20th. Well, today I says to Mrs. MacIntosh, I says, "I don't like the looks of that boy; no sir, I don't. And if I find his clothes all over the room again or have to sweep up any more gin glasses, I've a very good mind to speak to him. You bet." Macky laughed hard at that (I see she has a new gold tooth); the old for would, since she ain't got any one as bad as Mr. Fathead...
...saying before I was so rudely interrupted. "Coach Harlow, of Harvard, was kind enough to say that this touchdown run shouldn't be called dumb luck. He said I had the presence of mind to cash in on the break. Thanks Dick, but how could I miss...
...Capitalists are as dumb as the average ATHLETE. While the athlete puts all the time and energy of the development of the body, the Capitalists put all the time and energy of the development of their mind, of how to obtain, possess, and accumulate wealth. They smell like SKUNKS, and like Skunks they do not understand the reason why people do not like them...
...Deal when measure after measure was whipped through the subservient Congress with spectacular war whoops, and when all business was chastened and employed as a whipping post, and when instilling the confidence and providing the stable government necessary for real recovery was the farthest thing from the President's mind. The original Securities Act, although designed ostensibly to prevent frauds and protect the public, in reality acted as a firm blockade against the receipt of the new capital so sorely needed by American business. Perhaps the crowning blow was the undistributed profits tax and its hand-maiden, the capital gains...