Word: nesting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...simultaneously corroborated by Playwright George Bernard Shaw, also a Clivedenite,who wrote in Liberty: "You meet everybody worth meeting, rich or poor, at Cliveden. . . . According to English notions all Americans are insanely hospitable. But Lady Astor is phenomenal even among American hostesses. ... I could prove that Cliveden is a nest of Bolshevism. . . . The Astors have become the representatives of America in England; and any attack on them is in effect an attack on America. . . . Never has a more senseless fable got into the headlines...
...hrer's Nest...
...take advantage of USHA's bargain terms-90% of the cost in longterm, low-interest loans-for slum clearance and low-rental housing programs. Not actually broke, USHA has signed $291,656,000 worth of contracts, earmarked $355,919,000 more, will keep the rest of its nest egg as a "safety margin" until fresh funds are forthcoming. Without directly asking for any, Administrator Straus broadly hinted: "This agency could easily earmark $500,000,000 more...
...that college graduates are no less capable of producing children than other groups. But most of his group, whose median salary was more than $5,000, believed they could not afford to have as many children as they wanted. Chief reason: the high cost of educating their children. No nest egg for college, no children...
...admiration of some more conventional publishing practices (he makes his employes read and, where possible, imitate TIME), Lord Beaverbrook chooses his own methods. Last year they were good enough to net his papers $3,750,000. But the Express puts extra nest eggs away every year in a basket called the "Secret Reserve." This now totals about $3,750,000, and will furnish ammunition for any new circulation...