Word: safes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...about the Garner Rebellion is that its leader does not for one minute expect to win its Economy objective; at least, not at this session of Congress. John Garner, after 36 years in Congress, well knows that the President's taunt in his last annual message was a safe one, when he ironically asked whether Congress would like to economize on WPA relief, PWA projects, pensions or payrolls. More bitterly John Garner, life-long preacher and practitioner of thrift, feels that Economy is impossible so long as "that man is in the White House." To the President he says...
...taken to Joliet Penitentiary to serve 14 months for threatening Banker Forgan, he was in a predicament. In Box No. 198 in the vaults of Chicago's National Safety Deposit Co. he had four black powder gaspipe bombs. He solved his problem momentarily by throwing away the safe deposit...
Generally known as "Flemish primitives," these 15th-Century artists were primitive in little but their religious sincerity. Modern painters marvel at the jewel-like permanence of color and patience of workmanship in their best pictures-two reasons why collectors short on verve but long on taste have made a safe hobby of Early Flemish masterpieces. The finest U. S. collection of Flemish primitives was formed by a lawyer, the late John Graver Johnson of Philadelphia...
...other scattered Hearstpapers pay their way and appear safe for Hearst for a while: Detroit Times, San Antonio Light, Albany Times-Union, Syracuse Journal (and Sunday American), Boston Record (and Sunday Advertiser), New York Mirror...
...Crimson and the Blue waged a nip-and-tuck battle throughout the entire 40 minutes of play, and neither team enjoyed a safe lead. Coach Johnny Wood's charges held a 20 to 19 edge at the end of the first half...