Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...English idea of a magazine is to reflect the leisure classes. Not so Mr. Lorimer's idea. And his conception of a magazine has brought the Post from a 16-page weekly of 1,800 circulation to a 168-pager with...
...portrayal of the two extremes of character, the proper Clemency Vane, who looks ever backward to her ancestors, and Michael Hare, whose only hope and happiness is his grand-daughter. As a story the novel is not a success, but it is at least interesting in its attempt to reflect American life
...March 31, her floating debt amounted to 7,641 billion; the last Reichsbank statement showed a note circulation of 5,642 billion. These figures reflect the losses incurred in state owned postal service, telegraph and railway systems, as well as contributions made to the Ruhr inhabit ants...
...banks invested their funds in Liberty Bonds to an unusual extent. The present expansion of trade and advance in commodity prices have led to increased mercantile borrowings from banks, which are now beginning to sell their Liberties to accommodate their depositors. The market for Liberties is too broad to reflect this bank selling by violent fluctuations, and it has been discernible only in their gradual fractional decline. Liberties at present prices are now in more direct competition with other tax-free State and Municipal issues...
...intended to suggest the hard, stern life of the Catskill Dutch, and their isolation from the rest of the world. In its hardship their life resembled that of the Pilgrims, but continued over a much longer period of time. The costumes which were designed by Miss Pauline Hatfield, also reflect this isolation. The women continue to wear as gala dress the clothes which were in style at their marriages, and it has been said that an acute observer can in this way estimate the date of marriage of each one. The men wear the high white collars, colored vests...