Word: moments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Smith II's successfully suicided corpse, and in the ensuing comedy of errors was mistaken for Smith II. Finding that he had inherited riches, ease and the dead man's unwanted but comforting mistress, he decided that one suicide in the Smith family was enough for the moment...
...most industrious brigade is awarded a banner, the laurel wreath of the worker's state. There is no pomp or glitter, little enough of comfort, many primitive growls and grunts, but no oratory: the whole tone is rough, sodden, gray, inarticulate. The plot is of little or no moment--nay almost non-existent. The picture is too disjointed, too inchoate to be a work of art. No exceptional photographic ability is shown. The actors have little individuality. But the picture is essentially warm, mellow, and human. And it has a certain amount of homely simple humor. It ends characteristically when...
...world crisis and the new men whom they appoint must deal instantly with questions of vital interest to our country. Let us hope that they may be wise men, so conscious of their own lack of intimate knowledge of these questions that they will act conservatively, for the moment at least, strictly along the lines of traditional American foreign policy which is neither Democratic nor Republican...
...crowd cheered and clapped as the President-elect slid back down to the seat. On the bandstand sat Chicago's Mayor Anton Joseph Cermak. Mr. Roosevelt beckoned him down to his car. "Hello, Tony!" "Hello, Mr. President!" After a moment's chat Mayor Cermak turned to walk away. A man rushed up to hand Mr. Roosevelt a long telegram. The President- elect started to read- Bang! Joe Zangara was standing up on a wobbly bench among the spectators firing his pistol at President-elect Roosevelt not 35 ft. away. The first shot dropped Margaret Kruis, Newark showgirl, with...
Half dozen years ago China was violently antiChristian. Nearly all the missionaries were turned out, their property seized. The missionaries have now returned. Dr. Jones found that his audiences, from Mukden to Canton, listened "with breathless interest." Says Dr. Jones: "China today is in the moment of the Great Hesitation. She has decided not to be antiChristian, but she has not yet decided to be Christian. . . . The whole situation is awaiting a push-a gentle, loving, Christian push...