Word: slant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...find it on the grand scale in Economist Corey's huge tome. With its 622 pages divided into 26 chapters and well packed with dramatic graphs, notes, sources and index, The Decline of American Capitalism is the most exhaustive critique of U. S. social structure from the Marxian slant yet to appear. Other economists will dispute Author Corey's charts, tables, sources, as well as conclusions, but they cannot say he has failed to back up his generalizations with evidence. He writes with temperate civility, trying to make his case intellectually rather than emotionally, and only on rare...
...published one book of verse (Blue Juniata), numerous translations from the French, many a literary article. Slow of speech, heavyset, jovial, he is a devotee of deck tennis, an addict to fishing. Though not a member of the Communist Party, he has become "politicalized," writes with a strong leftish slant...
...problems of taxes and finance. The youngest son of such a family is liable to be smothered by such a plethora of practicality. But Edward Ballantine never lost his individuality. Through his undergraduate days, the years in Germany and his career here afterwards, the determination with its slightly whimsical slant has kept abreast of the more steady influences of the ministry...
...reported that President Roosevelt relies upon newspaper editorials and letters to the editor lor information concerning the public's attitude toward his policies. If so, he is liable to get an entirely wrong slant on public sentiment...
...than being Speaker of the House? A nostalgic gleam came into the blue Garner eye. "I could have told you something then," said he, "for I knew what was going on. But now I don't. However, after being in Washington a few days I may get the slant of things, and might be able to talk-but not for publication. My chief does that now. I am only supposed to preside over the Senate and vote when there is a tie- and nobody knows when there...