Word: statements
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Princeton, Professor Kemmerer gave out a long statement in which he described the Polish Government as "taking hold with a firm hand," and the Poles as "grimly determined to pull through" the present period of financial depression. He added that the Polish Government has cut its budget 25% for the coming year and instituted other drastic economies, and he believes they will make good...
...That arrogant statement [Architect Cram's] should not debar any man from discussing what is purely a matter of principle-namely, whether a so-called national monument . . . should not be made an expression of the country and the times by the exclusive use of the talent and genius of America. . . . There is nothing personal in what I have to say. Dr. Cram says that he offered the work to one or two Americans before employing Angell. There are a great many more to whom he could have offered it, and men of the greatest competence. The truth...
...resolute feminine determination, she settled down at her desk in the American Consulate at Amsterdam, the first feminine U. S. vice-consul, the second* woman ever to be admitted to the U. S. Diplomatic and Consular Service. Diplomats lauded this personable novice for her wise reticence. They recalled a statement which she had made, in her alarmingly deep voice, at the time of her oppointment (TIME, Sept. 14): "There are some things in this career that women can do better than...
Business prophets have spoken both optimistically and pessimistically at the year's opening, and as usual the future remains obscure to the average business man. Current business is good; none except the anthracite miners and a few others question that statement. The real interest in business relates to how long the present prosperity will last...
...Lampy glosses over in a line or two the question of his origin. Some will call it filial ingratitude that he not even mentions who his parents were. The matter always has been shrouded deep in mystery: no wonder Lampy hesitates to talk about first causes. Lampy's simple statement that a note somebody passed in classroom brought him forth, is even more at odds with nature than a virgin birth. Therefore, the CRIMSON, who remembers well the scandal incident to Lampy's birth, is loath to let the matter pass without revealing what was known and what suspected...