Word: remains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...concerned the Jefferson Islands powwow was perfectly timed. Of his New Deal measures a good handful needed only a smattering more of Congressional goodwill to reach him in forms that exactly suited his taste-the Utility Bill, TVAmendments, AAAmendments, Banking Bill. With them out of the way there would remain but one cause of friction between him and Congress- his tax bill. Hardly a Congressional leader at Jefferson Islands but was annoyed because the President had demanded that that measure be hurried through this session...
...Sunday evening when the Sequoia docked at Annapolis, the President had nothing to say. Neither had Vice President Garner nor "General" Farley. Several hours later other members of the party got back to Washington, content but uncommunicative. One guest, breaking the golden silence on condition that he remain anonymous, confided that he had seen Secretary Ickes and Senator Tydings, arm-in-arm, laughing and jesting convivially...
...Since 1930 the average American has somewhat revised the contemptuous merriment with which he was wont formerly to regard us. ... The Americans are beginning to wonder whether we are all of us quite so stupid as we look. The French remain convinced that we are all of us far more stupid even than we appear. The Germans, in their pathetic inability to understand others, continue to believe that we are a race of brilliant and unscrupulous egoists...
...extra bed and agreed to rent it to me, but she said that to satisfy the authorities we must go through the form of marriage-only the form! Last night to my amazement, Comrade, this old woman showed that she does not intend to let our marriage remain a legal form, and I escaped with difficulty. This morning I simply must get divorced...
...snub nose screws up like a Boston bull pup's. Her plumpish figure looks far better in East Side gingham than in dainty drawing-room voile. When so directed, she can be as unladylike in speech as a baseball umpire. These qualities indicate a career that should remain top-notch long after Shirley Temple has lost her teeth and retired to live on her income...