Word: objectionable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Texas' Tom Connally rose to his feet. "Mr. President," he drawled, "we haven't nominated anybody yet. I therefore ask unanimous consent that we consider the Senator from Mississippi, Mr. Harrison, and the Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Barkley, as candidates." Seventy-four Senators snickered at this bit of...
Two thousand sweltering women from 36 countries gathered in Constitution Hall in Washington last week to participate in the 16th triennial world meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. World President Mrs. Ella Alexander Boole, as a prelude to her reelection, told the meeting that drinking by women...
Every concentrator regretted that it was impossible to get to know the older and more famous men in the field because they have no tutees. A great objection of all concentrators was the constantly recurring and inescapable requirement of papers and second term hour exams in other courses just before...
What, after viewing the results of these endeavors, astounded those who knew the picture's history was not Mr. Goldwyn's superior foresight but the fact that anybody should be moved either to violent objection to the material in hand or to stubborn faith in it. Woman Chases...
Chief objection is that the usual life policy is made up of two indivisible parts, pure insurance and a mandatory savings account. This type of policy provides ''level premiums," a device to equalize payments throughout the life of the policy. (Actuarial tables call for premiums increasing with age...