Word: nice
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Paul had a few other points, obscure to laymen, which made the Ruml plan obnoxious to him regardless of how many nice things he said about it in passing. His chief worry: forgetting about 1942 taxes would wipe out a $10,000,000,000 Treasury "asset." No, this "asset" was not on the Treasury books. No, the Treasury would not have the money until tax payments came in during the year. No, the Ruml plan would not reduce the Treasury's income this year by a single penny. But Mr. Paul was worried about his mysterious "asset" anyway...
...advance royalties by Santly-Joy, Tin Pan Alley song publishers. Broadcasters, suspicious of what sort of "load" the song was delivering, were responsible for a change in the lyrics from "There's another big load" to "There's another dirt load." Within two months of this Nice-Nellyism, the song's sale rose to 50,000 copies. Ethel Merman's Victor recording sold 80,000 discs and kept on going. The U.S. Army morale division ordered 25,000 copies. By last week, members of the U.S. Army themselves had flooded Bandleader Lopez' mail with more...
Despite the uproar, Morgan, Stanley calmly advertised the issue, sold the bonds at 97½ subject to ICC approval. This was a nice contrast to Erie's September 1941 financing, when three underwriters scrapped for the issue. The winning underwriter then offered the bonds at 102½, took a drubbing because the price sagged seven points during the offering period...
...Upton Sinclair, human beings are all essentially nice people who go right or wrong strictly according to their background. The history which they make or break is in no sense their own doing. It is the inevitable product of the infernal machine of the age, Capitalism. History and humanity alike might be set right if only Capitalism were retired in favor of Socialism, plus the large kindliness which Author Sinclair is so obviously filled with, and which half exonerates even his most villainous characters...
Bright spot of the trip was a ride to Cleveland with "a very pretty girl," which developed into a free supper, a dance at which he squandered most of his remaining funds, and lodgings for the night at her home. "They were an exceedingly nice family." Marden said reservedly...