Word: silents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...acquitted, lost his job with the Rockefellers (TIME, March 18, 1929). Today Correspondent Anderson and Scripps-Howard's Ruth Finney, who has all a woman's ingenuity in asking embarrassing questions, are Senator Black's two closest Press aids. Hugo Black is not a Tom Walsh but with the silent partner of Tom Walsh leaning over his shoulder, a Senate investigation is still no place for a man with something to hide...
...Senator George W. Norris a letter in which he gave his version of this matter. On July 17, I sent Mr. Davidson a copy of this letter and asked him to give it to the press in the interest of fair play. Mr. Davidson ignored me and remained silent...
...These circumstances . . . provide an illustration of worthy causes to which many of our contributions have been made. They also, in light of Mr. Roosevelt's statements, provide an illustration of the fact that, quite often, goodwill is not gained by our efforts to assist worth while agencies." Silent Secretary. In four prime respects the House Ways & Means Commit tee went wide of the specifications laid down by President Roosevelt. Instead of grading up surtaxes only on individual in comes of $1,000,000 or more, it began with middling $50,000 incomes. Instead of a corporation income tax grading...
...Naval Review that he had been grinding away for weeks in an effort to repeat the success of his Recessional, written for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Last week 69-year-old Mr. Kipling released his poem free of copyright to anyone who would print it in full.* Silent was England's Poet Laureate, shy John Masefield. In Manhattan bold Spoon River Anthologist Edgar Lee Masters commented with a shrug: "The King and the Sea is nothing but verse-almost prose in fact. It can't be compared with Recessional. That is a cannibal hymn...
...several days President Tew kept silent. Then he gave stockholders an explanatory statement which cut considerable ground from under the Otis complaints. Reiterating that "it was in the best interest of the company not to deal with Otis & Co. as an underwriter," he outlined the benefits of the new first mortgage as follows: 1) Its interest rate is lower than the coupons of any of the bonds and notes it replaces; therefore a considerable interest saving would be effected. 2) Goodrich's reason for refunding the Hood Rubber notes, due in 1936 anyway, is to protect its investment...