Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shape that was just the reverse of that most efficient for overcoming air drag-low in front and high behind instead of high in front, tapering behind. The new De Soto is an approach to the sweeping curve of a tear drop. Its front mounds up in a smooth curve over the engine, with headlights and other gadgets embedded in its solid structure. The hump of the tonneau is in the centre rather than at the rear of the car. The engine is over, not behind, the front axle. The rear seat is moved forward some 20 inches from...
...masterly insouciance and in a devil-may-care fashion that compels the admiration of the less gifted; or, shall it be admitted, the less scrupulous. Working westward, the van Sweringens and Mr. Eaton of Cleveland have lighted their little hour or two and are gone. Only a tangle of smooth tar roads and buried sewer pipes out in the hinterland, and a railroad terminal that is a fitting mausoleum of their would-be grandeur remain to tell of their experiments in financial wizardry. Nothing, that is, except the city's principal banks shattered beyond repair, with the able assistance...
George Brent, as Lieutenant Stevens, does a convincing job in his usual smooth manner. Margaret Lindsay, playing the part of the show girl, Lou Winters, supplies the love interest. The two have a strong affection for one another. When a Broadway playboy is discovered murdered the morning after a quarrel in his apartment, the police investigation reveals that she was the cause of the said quarrel. Suspicion falls on both her and her brother...
...essential to the forward progress of any economic reorganization that may be attempted. That's why the ingenious idea of removing the troublesome codes on agricultural by-products from the hands of both Mr. Peek and Mr. Tugwell is an indication of how important the President himself regards the smooth administration of the codes. The NRA itself is also adopting a somewhat more practical tone in its dealings with business. Much of this is due unquestionably to the rising tide of Congressional criticism, which means controversy in January. The Roosevelt administration is skillfully anticipating its opposition and mending...
...Yale Law School in cooperation with the Harvard Business School. With the inevitable arrival of the public control of business and the destined growth of such control there has and will arise an even greater demand for expert legal advice to create a mechanism that will have a smooth and adequate legal apparatus and to insure its proper functioning. Already the lawyer is overwhelmed with problems concerning the legality of financing methods and the intricacies of modern corporate devisements...