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...frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce: the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone. A host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: We Must Act | 3/13/1933 | See Source »

...cartoonist's invention, necessitated by the fact that he has no "distinctive mark," based on a single instance when he had to borrow a hat that was too small for him. At Monte Carlo he usually bets on red because he has a "preference for the optimistic side of things." Among many vigorous yarns about the War, funniest (unintentionally) is "My Spy Story," in which he tells how he discovered and demolished a searchlight on the tower of a Scottish castle, considerably upsetting an innocent dinner party to do it. ". . . But the most extraordinary part in my opinion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bad Boy | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

...troubled times of today the need of such a man is all too sorely felt. He was an optimist, filled with a tremendous and awful faith in the possibilities of man. Yet the flaws of human contrivance did not escape him: he shunned Bronson Alcott's Brook Farm, not from a lack of interest, but because the communal ideal was repugnant Emerson was an individualist. Intellectually the quiet minister of Concord was a swashbuckler whose doctrine his neighbors feared, but "the tone was so well-bred withal that much dangerous doctrine was overlooked for the manner of the presentation." Such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIFTY YEARS | 4/27/1932 | See Source »

...Cabin 132 165 Second Class 120 152 Tourist 108 132 Third Class 71.50 79.50 The Conference was faced with a difficult problem. If it refused to approve the cuts, member companies might give 30 days notice and withdraw. Said North German Lloyd's John Schroeder: "I am an optimist." Said French Lines' Felix Lachesnez-Heude: "We are prepared to make this sacrifice ... in the hope that it will develop much new business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Still Cheaper Travel | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...Last week Mr. Curtis, as everyone expected, announced his decision to seek Republican renomination on the Hoover ticket next year rather than run for the Senate in Kansas. Said he: "I'm an optimist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Red Scare | 12/7/1931 | See Source »

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