Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...serious-minded nudists in the U. S., and the movement gathered momentum until the California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego three years ago, where 2,000,000 sightseers at 25? a head peeked over a fence into a nudist corral. Bona fide nudists denounced the show, and indignant opinion throughout the country drove nudism under cover. Last fortnight the American Sunbathing Association, largest official nudist organization, held its second annual Pacific Coast convention at Estacada, Ore. Accomplishments: election of officers (who modestly withheld their names), formation of the Western Sunbathing Conference, reaffirmation of nudists' high ideals...
...business leaders as a group tot up these mixed figures was last week ascertained by Chairman George A. Sloan of the Consumers' Goods Industries Committee, who compiled a survey of opinion. He announced: "Reports . . . point to some definite improvements in demand and production and more especially in morale. . . . By and large these reports present evidence of hope and expectation rather than any material realization...
...decide whether to press or abandon the Purge against the three most-mentioned candidates for purging: Senator George in Georgia, Senator Smith in South Carolina, Senator Tydings in Maryland. A guide for Mr. Roosevelt was last week offered by Dr. George Gallup's Institute of Public Opinion. Dr. Gallup polled citizens on the question: "If you had been a member of Congress during the last two years, would you have supported every bill recommended by President Roosevelt?" Returns...
...children translated his first name as "Aryeh." Its meaning: "The Lion." Informed that Motor Magnate Henry Ford had accepted the Grand Cross of the German Eagle from the anti-Semitic German Government on the occasion of his 75th birthday fortnight ago, The Lion roared: "Mr. Henry Ford, in my opinion, is a damned fool for permitting the world's greatest gangster to give him this citation...
Similar in effect to injections are the pollen pills first introduced by Detroit's Sherman Laboratories last spring. Ten days before he starts sneezing, the patient swallows a few pills, gradually increases the amount until his physician calls a halt. Medical opinion is now divided on the efficacy of the pills, some physicians holding that the pills cause serious upsets in the digestive system...