Word: revealer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prosperity, a Test. "The test which now confronts the nation is prosperity. There is nothing more likely to reveal the soul of a people. History is littered with stories of nations destroyed by their own wealth. It is true that we have accumulated a small but a blatant fringe of extravagance and waste, nourished in idleness, and another undesirable class who seek to live without work...
Then a supplementary report was made public. The Department of Commerce had actual figures to reveal. They were for 1924, but they were right and, with the League of Nations aiding, comparisons with the income of other powers became available. Pitiful contrasts they proved...
Though this display is directed by private enterprise, it is indicative of Toledo alertness in general. This fall, millions of magazine readers throughout the U. S. are pausing before huge full-page displays of Toledo's industrial triumphs. For these advertisements (headlined "LEADERSHIP") the Chamber of Commerce pays. They reveal the personal virtues of leading citizens of industry ?of Gordan Mather, president of the Mather Spring Co.; of J. D. Rittenhouse, for 27 years foreman of the enameling department and responsible for the fine finish of Toledo Scales; of many another. They tell Toledo's advantages: third largest railroad...
...glance at the index which lies behind the thirty chapters of America Finding Herself will largely reveal the method of the book. All the authors, actors, books that influenced people or interested them 20 years ago are written down under separate headings. Twenty-three of the games that children used to play are listed by name. Under the heading "Plays," there are 104 titles; under "Songs...
...course there was that little blonde from Cleveland who induced me to forecast Ohio to beat Princeton, but I don't mention that. Nor do I reveal the reasons of state that led me to pick Brown over Dartmouth- though they would surprise...