Word: returning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile, Chinese civilians, who had hoped that the arrival of the Japanese would mean at least a return of peace & safety, were shot down on the slightest pretext until there were scores of bodies in the streets. Houses and shops were looted, women raped and the whole city ravaged according to an immemorial custom of war. Even fleeing refugees with whom the Japanese caught up were looted of their belongings. Only after the Japanese soldiers, drunk with victory, had been out of hand for several days did officers get them under control...
...Dealers . . . who are the real menace to American prosperity. . . . Until they cease to have power to run the Federal Government, confidence will not return to America. . . . Congress may be incoherent, but it is not so flippant as the President and his posse of experimenting and irresponsible advisors. . . . Will they dare to ring down the curtain on the President's prima donna performances which are at the root of this Crisis of Confidence...
...that he had misrepresented his dealings in Old Masters and securities, had filed a fraudulent 1931 income tax return. Andrew Mellon was not alive to see the second labor completed by the Board of Tax Appeals in Washington last week...
Like stiff collars, cuff links went out with the War when a name-tag and a wristwatch became enough jewelry for any man to live and die with. Their return is credited largely to shirtmakers who have revived soft French cuffs (folded back) which require links...
...Ford Motor Co. has on occasion employed the technique of dismissing an executive by sending him and his family to Europe, greeting him on his return with an empty office. Although he got no trip to Europe, and his office furniture was left intact, William C. Cowling was no longer Ford's sales manager last week, after 23 years of service, six as head of sales. Guessers were kept busy finding reasons for the unexplained dismissal which surprised Fordling Cowling and shocked his admirers, but those most frequently mentioned were his pronounced independence and the habit formed by some...