Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...very day after his budget had gone forth, the President himself prepared for some extra spending. In spite of the fact that he had told Congress that Federal Refinancing of farm and home mortgages had met with "good success," there was evidence of hesitation by some mortgage holders to accept Farm Credit Administration and Home Owners' Loan Corporation bonds for their mortgages. Through FCA and HOLC the Government only guarantees the 4% interest on the bonds. The President planned to ask Congress to carry out a "moral obligation," guarantee the principal of the bonds as well, authorize...
...include about $50,000,000 which may be added if the Federal liquor tax is raised to $2 a gallon (see p. 15), nor about $150,000,000 which may be raised by plugging holes in the income tax law, nor any prospective War debt payments. In spite of these omissions, 1934 revenue was estimated to exceed ordinary expenses plus AAA's half billion by $215,000,000. And 1935 revenue was estimated to exceed ordinary expenses plus AAA's three-quarter billion...
...Francisco found its home talent gratifying. For brevity's sake Conductor Dobrowen had omitted the first movement but young Alexander Fried, San Francisco's most level-headed critic (Chronicle), found that the slow second movement had "emotional nobility" in spite of the instrumentation's technical shortcomings, that its jazzy third movement has "as just a place in a Yankee Symphony of this generation as a minuet has in a Mozart Symphony of the 18th Century." With the Bacon Symphony Conductor Dobrowen shot his last bolt until March. This week Conductor Bernardino Molinari takes over the San Francisco...
...these mediocre features is the character portrayal; with the exception of the acidulous old lady who astounds the younger generation by being much more modern than they are and by freely using such words as bitch. Teresa, Sheridan, and Marcia are all well-drawn characters, easily recognizable. Yet in spite of this excellent delineation, in the big scene between Marcia and Sheridan, what should be a tensely dramatic situation turns all too easily into a saccharine and obviously adumbrated fiasco; mutual forgiveness between them finally comes when Marcia says, "I had hoped that when I passed away I could...
...Criminal-At-Large," which is appearing this week at the Tremont falls into this last category. The plot is hackneyed enough and all the time-honored stage tricks are used; yet in spite of this -- or perhaps because of it -- the play gets across and a fairly enjoyable evening is provided. Of course, if one gets no pleasure at all out of the conventional mystery claptrap, it will be a very dull evening indeed. But if one likes sudden shots in the dark, hands reaching out of walls, hidden panels, and so on, what Mr. Wallace has to offer...