Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have now joined His Majesty's loyal opposition force upon the Cabinet a change in policy if it is not idly to await its early death. That this policy may well take the form of cartellization of British industry on the grand scale is indicated by the remark made in the Commons by Major Elliot, Minister of Agriculture: "We (the National Government) shall be forced to come to the House of Commons to ask for sanction for wide-sweeping changes in the economic structure of this country." This was followed by similar remarks by other ministers, and it is held...
...liquor industry needed anything further to make it feel like an orphan, it came in a remark dropped by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace : "Liquor was legalized primarily as a revenue feature...
Szechwan, about 1,000 miles from Nanking, was in revolt last week against Governor Liu Hsiang who got his job last year by heading a successful revolt against his uncle, then Governor Liu Wen-hui. Chinese sometimes remark, with but slight exaggeration, that "Szechwan has been in revolt for the last 20 years." Since Nephew Liu seemed to be holding his own against the insurgents Chiang's Council of Generals wisely left him to hold down if he can Uncle Liu's erstwhile seat...
...reporter poked around the grim dressing room and drew another remark out of the actor. "Right, you've got to be careful what you say and do. You're just one among several millions of attentive germs on concrete space, and audiences as well as actors (with a chuckle) are 60 to 40 per cent ego, which is 40 to 60 per cent vanity and the substance of our existence...
Salisbury's nephew, Arthur James Balfour, "preserved throughout his life a graceful indolence of manner, the habit of lying abed until noon, and that of never reading a newspaper, even as Prime Minister." Maurois quotes Balfour's typical remark: "I am more or less happy when being praised; not very uncomfortable when being abused; but I have moments of uneasiness when being explained...