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Word: musts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...emphasis on the spiritual struggle. You state that Becket is not inwardly lacerated, whereas the whole play is about his inward laceration; it is because the play is so introspective that it is hard to follow. As for your "Eliot gets in a brutal and final punch," I must say, that even if (as I presume) your dramatic editor is down with the flu, that is no excuse for your turning the job over to the sporting editor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 21, 1938 | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

Total which the U. S. Treasury must take in, if it has any hope at all of balancing the budget in 1939 is $5,300,000,000. Excision of a levy whose revenue even its supporters estimated at only $45,000,000 a year was therefore more significant as a political weathervane (pointing in the same direction as the defeat of the Wages and Hours Bill last December), than as a fiscal dilemma. Most reliable source of Federal income in an emergency is always liquor. Last week, having been assured by New York's John O'Connor that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Empty Basket | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

Senator Bridges wanted to know why an investigating committee appointed by Vice President Garner would not be acceptable. Having already admitted that he thought Vice President Garner was "pure gold," Tennessee's McKellar tried a new trick: "I think some newspaper must have published a statement that the Senator from New Hampshire was a new Coolidge, and was a candidate for the Presidency, and it has gone to the Senator's head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER: Great Boyg | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

...outlook on war. For the most part they are men without deep roots, family or financial. They are young men, in good health, and the prospect of an unadventurous, indoors, office life is unappetizing. And they are at that juncture in life where their most important and difficult decision must be made, namely what career to pursue. Anything to defer the necessity of making this decision is not wholly unwelcome. All this was true...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WAR OR PEACE FOR '38? | 3/19/1938 | See Source »

...What must be combatted even more energetically than war propaganda itself is the current skepticism toward happiness. A renaissance of faith in democracy, of trust in the ability of the United States to weather the storm, is sorely needed. Even if it appear like whistling in the dark, this renaissance should be supported by young college graduates today. It is the most sensible and altruistic attitude to take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WAR OR PEACE FOR '38? | 3/19/1938 | See Source »

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