Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Keen Johnson, Democratic nominee for the Governorship in the Nov. 7 elections, is a 20-to-1 choice over Republican Nominee King Swope. So Chandler had no unemployment problem, for he could resign at any time before Dec. 12 and still be certain of the job. But, not to seem in undignified haste in rushing to occupy Senator Logan's seat, Chandler waited six days before resigning...
...Educators know not where they are going, says Eduard C. Lindeman: "Current discussions of educational goals seem to me to have reached a stage of utter confusion...
...from increased oil production; buying chemical stocks like Union Carbide, Air Reduction and Allied Chemical in order to cash in on the inventory boom in the steel and textile industries these companies supply; buying rail equipment companies like Pressed Steel Car, American Car & Foundry, Colorado Fuel and Iron which seem sure to get the profit booming carloadings should be bringing the unprepared U. S. railroads...
Standing opposite these sentiments are three coldly arresting facts. First: here is the final opportunity to call a stop before European civilization lurches to perdition. Second: there seem to be reasons for hoping that peace is not an impossibility at this juncture. Three: America's best chance for peace lies in an immediate end of the war. In the light of these facts, it is clear that the President is almost under an obligation to exert every office he possesses to bring about such a peace...
...twin bill, "Unexpected Father," has been dug out of the usual grave for which it was intended, since it is a grade B picture, by adept directing and by Mischa Auer who is at his best in the picture; the picture makes Bing Crosby's "Star Maker" seem even more tedious than it really...