Word: spending
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...announcement disposed of less than 5% of his spending job. He had already indicated he would spend $600,000,000 on CCC, doubling the size of the Conservation Corps. And Administrator Harry Hopkins took over $113,000,000 for April relief (of which Georgia was assigned none and Pennsylvania only a half share because both States failed to contribute on a scale that Mr. Hopkins thought was fair). That left the President with an embarrassment amounting to not quite...
...categories. Leading all the rest is a plea for inter dormitory games, on the of the intramural program, which would be open to men not on organized teams. The same type of pastime athletes urge that more attention be paid to mediocre men instead of allowing the coaches to spend all their time in developing a winning team...
Bertha Connor's own hand was a nasty little squiggle which made her mother ashamed to read her letters. Ashamed herself, Bertha ten years ago took up the new cursive style, based on long, slanting strokes. So pleased was she with her flowing hand that she resolved to spend all her time propagating the cursive system...
Attorney Babcock proudly announced that it had taken him only ten days to investigate the "trust." Reason: The fire hose business is minuscule. New York City spent only $48,000 on fire hoses last year and $14,000 the year before, while other U. S. cities usually spend less. In 1933 the whole fire hose "trust" did only $2,600,000 worth of business...
...type of speaker which such a plan demanded appeared on the platform at the stated time. The men who conducted Round Tables knew what was expected of them and did not spend the two hour interval wondering what statements would draw forth the greatest number of questions Sever 11 was equipped with a capacity audience but no persons had to be denied admission. Delegates from other Colleges arrived at Phillips Brooks House and knew what they were supposed to be doing before Saturday afternoon...