Word: soft
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...awaiting signature, the President was comfortably sure that he had the U. S. Labor situation well in hand, when in rushed Secretary Marvin McIntyre. The Press, declared Mr. McIntyre, was clamoring for a Presidential statement on the strike to begin Monday morning. What strike? asked the President. Why, the soft coal strike, said the Secretary. Oh, was there going to be a coal strike? The President had not heard of it. It had been postponed to July 1 when he had promised to press for passage of the Guffey Coal Bill and he had assumed it would be postponed again...
Next job for Minister Eden was to soft-soap Premier Mussolini, clarify his country's position. To that end smooth Mr. Eden trickled down to Rome, turned on his charm. Il Duce likewise turned on his charm, with the result that their conversation was marked by a cordiality quite removed from the slight frigidity which attended Mr. Eden's explanations to France. Reserving most of his diplomatic honey for a second conversation to be held next day, Mr. Eden nevertheless found time in two hours to assure Signor Mussolini that Britain would make no further bilateral agreements with...
...prices up. Miner Lewis, abetted by the owners, has been working a trade with the Administration whereby he would call off his coal strike in return for passage of the Guffey bill. This measure, devised and sponsored by the first Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania in 54 years, would declare soft coal a public utility; authorize the Government to buy up $300,000,000 worth of submarginal coal lands; enforce adherence to a code by means of a tax, 99% of which would be remitted to subscribing operators. Last week Miner Lewis' coal strike was within 48 hours of going...
...Eyck Lansing, quiet and reserved, with a soft moving voice, read the Class Poem. This was followed by the singing of the Class Ode, written by George Lee Haskins, to the tune of Fair Harvard. Frank E. Johnson, III, Chorister, led the orchestra in accompaniment. The exercises were concluded by the march of the Senior Class to Kirkland House for lunch. Many in the audience expressed regret that these traditional exercises had been moved out of Sanders Theatre...
...opera some 1,700 seats are free to first-comers who arrive hours before curtain time, munch their suppers while they wait. In the $2 seats early-dining socialites sit comfortably on cushions hawked at every entrance. But informality prevails at Forest Park performances. The popcorn sale is heavy. Soft-drink men stalk the aisles. St. Louis expects much this year of Producer Laurence Schwab. Boston-born Harvardman whose Broadway record shines. Producer Schwab will follow the established "Muny" pattern, change operas every Monday during the twelve-week season.* Teresina was a sterile, tuneless start last week but the direction...