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...were agreed that the patient had some symptoms; a light rash of unemployment and a certain falling of the price structure had been in evidence for six weeks. But what did these signs portend? Alarmists detected evidence of galloping depression. Others believed that it was just a case of a leveling-off of prices, that the patient's chart looked good and that nothing was needed but some turnip greens and a good belt of sulphur & molasses...
...second great truth to which the signs of the times portend is that we are definitely at the end of a non-religious era of civilization, which regarded religion as an addendum to life, a pious extra, a morale-builder for the individual, but of no social relevance...
...world of closely allied economic interests, the moves of the United States, its wealthiest power, are mirrored in the financial affairs of all nations. A depression here would be an international calamity, for the proposals of the country's new leaders' portend actions that will speak louder and harsher than the sweetly-phrased statements of American delegates at the United Nations. The extreme movement right in a world going left widens the breach between political ideologies and dogma, but the economic necessities of one world will always remain...
Zounds! As even the most erudite of Harvard professors forsooth must discover betimes, this fair young university finally shows signs which portend of pigskin prowess...
...Herbert Hoover in 1930 may appear again--while the United States writhes in another world crisis--when the votes of next Tuesday's election are tabulated and the Eightieth Congress is on its way to Washington. Both the pages of history and the opinions of "political experts" portend a loss of Democratic power. But should scattered defeats become a national rout, both the voting records of Republican congressmen and the plans of G.O.P. leaders augur two years of stalemate and a future of reaction...