Word: shudderously
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...Hoover campaign of 1932 will probably be long remembered for the extremes to which the President, justified or not, went in his effort to keep a grip on the Federal Government. At Des Moines he sent a shudder through the financial world by declaring that the U. S. had been "within two weeks" of going off the gold standard last winter. In New York he seriously predicted that a Democratic victory would "crack the timbers of the Constitution" and cause "grass to grow in the streets'' of many an industrial city. In his West Coast speech last week...
...Smith outpourings also sent a shudder of dismay through Democratic headquarters. Charles Hand, oldtime Manhattan newshawk, who had been serving as Speaker Garner's political chaperon, was suddenly transferred to Mr. Smith. They were old Democratic friends. No one expected able "Charlie" Hand to muzzle Al Smith as Speaker Garner had been muzzled but Democratic headquarters counted on his discreetly steering the Brown Derby into more helpful channels...
...wise rat that knows its own fodder. Chicago's rats were scurrying out of their retreats by the thousands last week, slinking away to shudder and die in gutters and alleys. James Lorenz Nicholes, famed ratkiller, well knows the limitations of a rat's wisdom. A rat can distinguish between two kinds of food, may prefer one to the other or shun both. Put three kinds of victuals before a rat and it will confusedly gobble all. Applying this principle, Ratkiller Nicholes was busily ridding Chicago-temporarily, at least-of several million of its rats. Last week...
...mending our economic sore spot, for there are plenty of opportunities for improvement at home. The presidential campaign has revealed little about the economic crisis. I believe that the sad part of the entire campaign is the rash promises that each party has made. Republicans cause the world to shudder when they talk of continuing the practice of high tariff walls, and both parties have come out flat-footed against the cancellation of war debts. The two major parties have refused to tackle the situation from a sane economic standpoint. The strained international situation cannot be alleviated until the questions...
...Emperor has received only one woman in private audience, Miss Evangeline Booth, "inas-much as she is a Commander." ?Fit to make Courtiers shudder is this popular nickname, recalling the period (1192-1867) when Japan was ruled by a Shogun or Tycoon, the power of the Imperial House being then in eclipse...