Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Secretary's trouble was not serious. It was only that heavy stock market speculation, and increased exporting of gold from the U. S., had stiffened the U. S. money market and kept it stiff. The Third Liberty Loan was to mature on Sept. 15 and a considerable portion of it had been left to be taken care of by the Treasury's September operations. Secretary Mellon had to decide what interest rate he must offer to ensure the success of these operations. He delayed decision, hoping for a "break" that would make the playing easier...
...Pratt, still pretty, always alert, is the despair of facetious Mayor Walker, who calls her "Ruth" and "so charming" when she asks him pertinent questions. She considers him amusing, yes, but a feather-and-glue obstruction to the serious party reforms she thinks Manhattan needs. Her boys go to Groton and Harvard. Her husband's father founded Pratt (Fine & Applied Arts) Institute in Brooklyn after helping to found Standard Oil. Her husband was the Pratt who jotted the memorandum which revealed "Andy" Mellon (Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon) as one of those who were invited by Will...
Then spoke Old Paul, serious amidst much jollity...
...SERIOUS...
...Unfortunately in Italy such activities trespassed all limits of prudence to a point where relations between the two governments [Italy and Mexico] suffered serious disturbance which may grow worse...