Word: muchness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Prince de Ligne, much in demand in Washington's smart official and diplomatic life, has not been seen frequently enough concluding statesman-like negotiations for his government. Tall, distinguished, invariably well-groomed and polished, the Belgian diplomat is nevertheless regarded by some of the leaders of his government as what might be termed in America 'high...
...Nebraska's Senator Norris designed to meet President Hoover's criticism that the debenture plan would cause overproduction and increase instead of decrease crop surpluses. The Norris amendment would set up the crop production of the last five years as an average. When production swelled too much, debenture payments would shrink. Many a Senator was quick to point out that the exportable crop surplus would have to double before debenture payments started down. The adoption of this Norris amendment postponed the final showdown of strength...
Saturday's Children (First National). The marriage, parting and reunion of Maxwell Anderson's hero and heroine?one of the best of all U. S. plays?becomes heavy and slow in this partly-vocal photograph directed with sincerity but without much vitality by Gregory La Cava. Corinne Griffith's voice, heard for the first time, is nasal, unattractive, but somehow memorable. Best shot: Miss Griffith getting her sweetheart to marry...
...basic question involved is a large one, one which will surely confront America for the next few decades. As yet we have been unable to decide whether we shall have active government control of business, and in the few cases where we do have it, how much power the board or commission shall wield. The Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Reserve Board are unique in being the only government bodies that have grown to a position of real power, and now both are being challenged by big business...
...time when there will be no intercollegiate athletics is not yet, and the concern of the present is the present system. The ramifications of the various Amateur Athletic Unions have after all accomplished something. The tramp athlete is a character of history; there has been much codification and standardization of rules. This is almost a period of laissez faire, so far as any general clean-up-athletics move goes. In its place exist the intricate individual agreements that hold only within small groups of colleges; this is in line with the increasing apartness of institutions, now in the phase...