Word: righting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...going to get a new tax bill whether he liked it or not) were brought together by Jimmy Byrnes, the slickest compromiser in the Senate. Giving in to an extent almost unknown during the New Deal, Mr. Roosevelt finally told Henry ("Henny-Penny"), Morgenthau it was all right if he wanted to tell the Congressmen to remove certain tax-irritants...
...Judge Manton, testimony indicated, sometimes acted as bagman himself. When John Lotsch got into trouble for accepting an earlier $200 bribe, he went to see Judge Manton. Lotsch said Judgi Manton fixed it up with District Judg3 Edwin Thomast all right-for $10,000. Judge Thomas acquitted John Lotsch...
Wheat Country. West of Winnipeg stretches the depressed, marketless wheat country, where once-prosperous farmers have replaced their Fords and Buicks with "Bennett buggies."* Their Majesties got into close touch with the prairies by climbing off and running and walking a mile down the right of way outside of Broadview, Saskatchewan, their train following at a respectful distance...
Nevertheless, the citizens of Cambridge have a right to protest over what happened. There were other disturbances at the ceremonies--the barrage of giant crackers at the elevens hour for example--which cannot be explained away. Allowances can be made for wholesome high spirits and all that sort of thing. But no allowances are possible for such treading on the solemn emotions and the ideals of other people...
...exam may become a little embittered about the whole thing. But those who want to see acting in its very finest form, those who want to see a top-notch actress in a top-notch role, a drama that has real emotional uplift, those men better take a trip right up to a certain building on the Square and ask for Bette...