Word: moments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the Press trooped in to see what manner of man this was that President Roosevelt had called from the Presidency of American Car & Foundry to run the Treasury at a moment of greatest national emergency, they found small William Hartman Woodin, his eyes as blue as his shirt and collar, his cupid mouth pursed in an easy little smile, sitting informally on the edge of his desk, swinging his legs. Piped a pert newshawk: "Mr. Secretary, you're in a pretty hot spot, aren't you?" The brand-new Secretary reached down to his big black leather...
...majority solidly for the measure. But, as always, pensions spawned mutiny. Tennessee's hulking Browning, A. E. F. field artillery captain, induced the caucus to adopt an amendment prohibiting the President from discontinuing a single pension now on the rolls and limiting his cuts to 25%. For the moment Speaker Rainey and Leader Byrns had lost their grip on their party, for the Browning amendment practically nullified the bill's purpose. If the caucus had bound itself to that proposition, President Roosevelt would have been ditched by his own House. But it takes a two-thirds caucus vote...
...corporations and banks began their spectacular rush to redeposit the metal with the Federal Reserve last week) every U. S. Federal Reserve note still more than had its legal gold cover of 40%. With gold flooding in. U. S. citizens could still read with pride (though not for the moment with purpose) the words engraved on each Federal Reserve note: "Redeemable In Gold On Demand At The United States Treasury, Or In Gold Or Lawful Money At Any Federal Reserve Bank...
There is a system of "Advisers," whereby each student is assigned to a member of the faculty during his undergraduate life. However, with one or two notable exceptions, a man's adviser never sees him except for a moment or two when a study card is to be signed. And even that time may be omitted if the adviser is too busy to be seen. Ordinarily, the adviser never figures in a man's plans for the year's work...
...withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce: the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone. A host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment...