Word: sooner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...really surprising features of the Teapot Dome investigation, thus far, has been the silence of Mr. Untermyer. But the New York lawyer has seemingly been laying for bigger game. No sooner had Secretary Hoover declared the need of organized purchasing in this country to offset foreign monopolies in trade than Mr. Untermyer went at him slam-bang on his attitude toward trade associations in this country, which has been with Mr. Untermyer a tender subject ever since the Lockwood Committee investigation in New York State...
...teachers and friends, attention to what calling there is, in which you will find joy. But it does not involve introspection, reflection on yourself, or as it is common to speak of now, self-expression. The less you think of yourselves in this world, the better, and the sooner you get the passion for serving others, at home and abroad, at home particularly, the better. Do not put off marriage too much. Do not wait till you think you can offer the girl you want to marry all the luxuries and privileges to which in her father's home...
...present difficulties he attributes to the policy, now proved mistaken, of stocking too heavily; low leather prices and a three-years' depression in the tanning industry have consequently entailed severe losses. Mr. Childs, however, philosophically pointed out that tanning is a "basic industry" and bound to recover sooner or later. Subsidiary lumber companies did well last year in earnings and business, furnished almost the only bright spot in the 1923 statement...
Another report said he was suffering from "bronchial catarrh after a sharp attack of influenza." It was stated that he would return to work "sooner than expected...
...does not require a Ponzi to perceive that a university is not a paying proposition as far as cash dividends are concerned. It is also obvious that unless some steady and substantial sources of revenue are constantly being tapped to supply the annual deficit, "business as usual" must, sooner or later become impossible...