Word: moments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ship ever built in Britain, a 34,000-ton half-finished hull known until last week only as No. 534. (TIME, Oct. 1). Standing in puddles in the pouring rain, a vast crowd saw Queen Mary press a button that started the hull down the ways. At the same moment Her Majesty smashed a bottle of Australian Burgundy against No. 534 and cried: "I am happy to name this ship the Queen Mary, and wish good luck to her and all who sail...
...fact that Spring Song belies its gay title does not indicate that its intent is fraudulent. It is a sad, but honest anecdote, wisely acted and quietly written, in which Francine Larrimore, tending the Solomon sidewalk cigar stand with puzzled petulance, gives her best performance since Brief Moment. No less genuine than Florrie as self-respecting tenement dwellers are Ma Solomon, and Butcher Freiberg who, when asked for an explanation of the Solomons' misfortunes, voices the dry, dialectic theme of Spring Song: "When you are young, you expect everything from life. When you get older, you expect nothing...
...course, this does not solve the problem of the unemployed. The communicant hopes in a later letter to discuss ways and means of solving this problem by other means than that of oppressing that group which constitutes "the very life and substance of society." And for the moment we are content to say with Summer: "If it is desired to bring about social improvements, bring us a scheme for relieving the Forgotten Man of some of his burdens." The first step in such a scheme should be to suggest to President Roosevelt that a re-reading of "The Forgotten...
...waste as the strike, the lookout, sabotage etc. Prior to Mussolini's accession, Italy was so torn with violent industrial disturbances that communism was believed by many to be inevitable. But in his particular mode of Fascism, Mussolini prevented the inevitable. The voice of American labor seems, for the moment at least, to be stilled. But inasmuch as the administration agencies have only aggravated our industrial disputes, the need for a constructive plan for labor becomes increasingly urgent. To continue to deal in generalities, to plead for peace, and to make fine-sounding promises, is to invite troubles...
...moment later his quick laughter burst out again as the interpreter asked him how he liked this cold New England weather. "I am hoping for this Indian summer I have heard about," the interpreter translated. Most diplomatically the 1500-meter ace said that the Stadium track was "very good," and that Harvard was magnificent...