Word: pamphleteers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...course, not all scholarships are given on the basis of academic promise. Any student who is interested in entering Harvard should be sure to go through the pamphlet on Expenses and Financial Aids very carefully. He may find that in some cases preference is given to men from his locality, or to men bearing his family name. In such case, even though his scholastic record may not be of the highest, he may be able to secure substantial financial assistance...
...British dominions, all far more radical than the Mother Country, had been warming up to the special Roosevelt brand of "price raising." All speeches made were kept secret, but at one point Secretary Hull brandished under the knifelike nose of French Finance Minister Bonnet a copy of that thick pamphlet, the Conference agenda, asking with passionate emphasis whether there were not scores of subjects left which the Conference could discuss. The Frenchman admitted that there were. Japan's frail old Viscount Ishii voiced his shrill support of Mr. Hull. Premier Bennett declared that the Conference had only scratched...
Prize picture in the pamphlet was that of Brooklyn's benign, blue-eyed Boss John H. ("For Success") McCooey milking a cow. Its caption: "A jolly family man from Brooklyn who loves milking." It was taken ten years ago when Boss McCooey participated in a milking contest for the benefit of the Brooklyn Tuberculosis Association. When ''Farmer John" McCooey was shown the pamphlet, he let out a disarming chuckle: ''Why shouldn't the school children have this book? It would prove an inspiration to them to see how the Democratic leaders Lave succeeded . . . (thumbing...
...pamphlet was a first gun to turn out Tammany in the November election. Papers like the World-Telegram had started their "Tammany Must Go" chorus. But with no serious fusion opposition in sight Tammany never felt less like going in its life. Therefore last week big-bodied bumbling Mayor O'Brien marched into Tammany Hall, got his orders, marched out again confidently to announce: "I am a candidate for re-election." A few days later, when the city's finances were audited, a deficit of $162.000.000 was revealed...
...mouth. That the greatest U. S. captains are not industrial, in Poet Mac-Leish's opinion, is indicated by his title. The six poems in Frescoes for Mr. Rochefeller's City are issued in a format and at a price that deserve popularity - a pamphlet that sells...