Word: resister
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...champion Olympic sabre team in 1906 and who represented his country with Miss Mayer in 1932; Hans & Julius Thomson and H. Halberstadt (1928 Olympic team members) ; Stephanie Stern, German woman foils champion in 1926, U. S. National champion in 1927.-ED. Hon. Mention Sirs: ... I cannot resist a word of praise for the Hearst biographical sketch in the May i issue of TIME...
...calling it by that name. The theory is that when the time comes to control inflation the extraordinary budget can simply be cut out, which may not be as easy as it sounds. Then may come the supreme test of Mr. Roosevelt's character: whether he can resist demands for more inflation. One of his Democratic predecessors, Cleveland, stern of character, faced such a crisis, saved the dollar and wrecked his own popularity in doing...
...history tries to repeat itself, and human nature indicates that it will try, those who would resist the tendency can rely only on President Roosevelt. Perhaps he foresees such an emergency, since he intends to have the Congressional measures passed bestowing upon him control over the inflation program. To prevent an excessive expansion of the currency, doubtless in the face of public opinion, would conform to the aggressiveness which President Roosevelt has shown since his inauguration...
Rare is the U. S. editor who has not snorted at the studied effronteries of George Bernard Shaw, recognizing them for what they frankly are: publicity bait. But rarer is the U. S. editor, as Mr. Shaw knows, who can resist printing readable copy. When his beard was red, Shaw's neatly phrased insults were truly startling. White-bearded now and more self-consciously rude, he still saws away so skilfully on his single string that the results are as monotonously fascinating as Oriental music. They and the magnificently photographable beard still keep him in the newspapers more steadily...
...radio stars have been unable to resist the appeal of movie contracts, and Kate Smith, biggest of them all, has proved no exception. In appearing in "The Big Broadcast" and now in "Hello Everybody," she has proved the superiority of the other ever the celluloid as a medium of communication between a two hundred pound woman and the great American public...