Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dissatisfaction with the fight, 2) confusion after it. In 1930 Max Schmeling won the title from Jack Sharkey on a foul. In 1932 Sharkey won it back on a decision which many experts considered erroneous. In 1933, Primo Camera knocked out Jack Sharkey with what looked like a gentle push. In 1934, clownish Max Baer knocked out Camera in an eccentric bout. In 1935, Braddock outpointed Baer in a hopelessly dull bout. Last week's fight left the heavyweight situation in some respects even more confused than before, but the major difference between it and its predecessors was that...
...stanch Democratic Senators, of whom Senator Robinson was one, went to the White House and said flatly that Relief spending had to be reduced. They said it so flatly that Franklin Roosevelt listened to them and gave them reassurance. Inasmuch as the President was last week trying to push his Relief bill through Congress without, so far as could be seen, making any concessions to economy or making good on his original reassurance, whatever it may have been, the reason for Senator Robinson's anger was self-evident...
Whatever the psychological effect of the New Deal's borrowing and spending may have been, the New Deal's easy money policy has certainly given the Installment Plan a big push. With a plethora of bank credit available, the big finance companies have been able to cut carrying charges to more attractive levels. Many commercial banks are now interested in installment paper not only indirectly through loans to merchants and finance companies but also directly in their own installment departments...
...should be said that, if these pronouncements do not in themselves create such a new society, others will presently do so, for the same process of reasoning, and the same spirit of accommodation to events, that have extended the meaning of the Constitution to this point can easily push it into new fields." The Federal Government has already assumed responsibilities undreamed of a few generations ago: "It gives financial relief to millions of unfortunates; it clears the slums in cities, assists the people in building homes, pays off the mortgages on the farm, constructs roads, parks, bridges and transportation systems...
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