Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...further valuable aid to the deaf, an apparatus which will help teach them to speak with normal intonation, has been designed at the Cruft Laboratory by Frederick V. Hunt, instructor in Physics and Communication Engineering...
This decision is probably more important than any laid down by the Supreme Court since the Dred Scott case. The country is up against a practical proposition. I'm not bitter about this decision but I deplore it. (He picked up the opinion, began to speak with great emphasis.) The Court ruled that no matter what kind of emergency the country gets into, all laws must be strictly constitutional. It says "extraordinary conditions do not create or enlarge constitutional powers." (He put down the decision, lighted another cigaret.) That's a very broad statement. During the War Congress...
...commerce" to goods in transit. Since then, the Court has made the interstate commerce clause apply to a great many things not only in transit but affecting interstate commerce. When the Constitution was written the country was in the horse and buggy stage. There was no interstate commerce to speak of. ... There was no problem of unemployment or buying power, no national social questions. Even ethics were different. If one fellow could get away with skinning another in business that was all right. Now transportation has brought the states together and the country has a new philosophy of business...
...Concorde and over the bridge to the Palais Bourbon, shouting "Save the franc!" Inside, important speeches were going on but few paid attention. Over the backs of benches, from ear to ear a whisper rustled like the echo of a thousand leaves: When was Flandin coming? When would he speak...
...Premier began to speak in a low voice. Yes, Finance Minister Germain-Martin was out, but he, Flandin, would take that post himself. Then he started to plead...