Word: recession
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Another instance was the reopening last week of hearings on the proposed Nickel Plate merger, after a recess of only a month. It had been hoped that a speedy conclusion might be reached, and a compromise made between the Van Sweringens and the minority stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio. Instead the minority stockholders promptly renewed their opposition with the new hearing. The most optimistic estimate now made for the final decision for or against the merger is that the Commission will make up its mind...
They recalled that Bert E. Haney, Oregon Democrat, was first appointed a Shipping Board Commissioner by President Harding in June, 1923, and that President Coolidge reappointed him last June for another two years on a "recess appointment," which will lapse if not confirmed by the Senate, when it meets in December. They recalled that the U. S. Shipping Board had been created in 1916 as a semi-judicial and regulative body. With our entrance into the War it was supplemented by a sort of get-down-to-business department?the Emergency Fleet Corporation, which was to have the direct administration...
...Parliament reassembled at Teheran after the summer recess. Promptly members broke into fist fighting and riots. The trouble started when a member of the minority party was offered the post of Minister of Justice...
...Summer recess is the most serious interruption the child encounters in school life." A child attending all five sessions regularly could complete his grade and high-schooling in three years less time...
...serious to community welfare is the attitude of thousands of parents who dump responsibility of their children's physical, intellectual, civic and moral development almost entirely upon the schools. The community cannot continue its traditional custom of turning these youths loose to shift for themselves through a long summer recess...