Word: popularized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reporters. He charged that the Communists had plotted the general strike to shake him out of office, claimed he had police records and Communist manifestoes to prove it. "Its aim,'' M. Daladier said, ''was to bring about the resignation of the government through a popular demonstration. To do that the strike leaders did not hesitate to try to hold up the whole life of the country...
...population, has repeatedly been rebuked by leading U. S. prelates. But he has never been silenced by the Roman Catholic Church, which possesses crushing machinery to deal with heretical or inconvenient priests. Lately Father Coughlin has been abusing Jews. Last week the nation's most popular and liberal Cardinal, Chicago's George William Mundelein, fresh from a visit to the Vatican, issued a statement over the radio that "Father Coughlin is not authorized to speak for the Catholic Church, nor does he represent the doctrine or sentiments of the Church." Retorted Father Coughlin: "No priest . . . no bishop...
...Rugged, ruddy Walter Gropius has been at Harvard two years and is now the popular chairman of the Department of Architecture. He helped assemble last week's show, found its success satisfying for one reason in particular...
...Bost fills her quota of 200 wives & their husbands, the Palm Beach Biltmore stands to do $44,800 worth of extra business in bed & board, maybe that much more in fun & liquor. Another $26,600 lurks behind invitations to "100 of the most popular debutantes" of the season. Those who join this "Fledgeling's Fling in Florida" must bring along mother or a chaperon...
...come under the general head of politics, economics and the social sciences. In this enormous mass of books -good, bad, ponderous, specialized, dull, exciting, original, confused, confusing-a few stand head & shoulders above rivals in their respective fields. Some emerge from the year's crowd by their wide popular appeal, a few because of their unquestionable literary significance, still fewer because they offer contributions of importance to the consequential issues of the modern world. Outstanding titles...