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Word: spending (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Wouldn't this bill accomplish the same thing if it were only one line long and stated merely that the President was authorized to spend $4,000.000,000 as he saw fit to relieve distress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Relief | 2/25/1935 | See Source »

President and Mrs. Conant went to New York yesterday where they will spend Washington's Birthday. Mr. Conant has planned no speeches but will settle a few business matters before returning to Cambridge Monday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conants in New York | 2/21/1935 | See Source »

...have followed the law in this case would have been plainly and simply and merely donating funds to the government. Rich men as a class undoubtedly did give to charities which were supporting the government against the depression. It is just conceivable that they thought they could spend their money for the good of the country better than the government could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HALF-BAKED THINKING | 2/21/1935 | See Source »

...absurd to claim that rich men who are excused for one reason or another from a certain variety of taxes should pay them anyway, out of the goodness of their hearts, they will spend their money as they see most fit. Considering that the government is made up of politicians who are more interested in keeping people at work in the industrial system than in keeping up the educational facilities of the country, donations to the government would undoubtedly not have lessened the curtailment which Dr. Dewey has found. Obviously the fact that rich men did not pay income taxes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HALF-BAKED THINKING | 2/21/1935 | See Source »

There is no second class race, but all the skiers are joining the party under Proctor's guidance. They are going to spend a day each on the Wild Cat, the Taft, and the Hell's Highway trails...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHAMPIONSHIP SKIERS COMPETE AT GUNSTOCK | 2/20/1935 | See Source »

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