Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this is not to say that the Act as it stands is perfect, or that it is not to be changed", the administrator was swift to proclaim. But the most vital of all of the Chairman's avowals was his far-sighted prediction for the future. "It is a part of the intelligence to expect that we shall learn how to improve social security constantly, and that through the years the system will undergo definite and steady evolution...
...this was his biggest yet-Franklin Roosevelt had taken this country completely by surprise. Flabbergasted Congressmen stumbled hastily into the legislative chambers to hear the message read as rumors of its contents flew. News-tickers flashed it to the floors of stock exchanges and stockmarket prices took a swift tumble. It spread in banner headlines across every newspaper. Presently it appeared that the U. S. was not .only surprised but also rather shocked. Only the most rabid New Deal newspapers openly applauded. The alarm of the independent press that ordinarily supports the Administration was typified by the New York Times...
...high F2 layer. Almost all the ionization in the lower layers seems due to radiation, but Dr. Berkner believes that much ionization in the F2 layer is caused by streams of particles hurled from the sun. It is possible that some ions are contributed by the swift, flaming fall of meteors...
...Packing the best gains were made outside the Big Four. Indeed, Swift & Co., No. 1 meat handler of the U. S., reported a sharp drop in profits ($17,651,000 to $12,103,000) in spite of the fact that sales were $831,671,000 and tonnage at an all-time peak. Wilson & Co. showed a slight decline ($4,068,000 as against $4,109,000). Basic reason for this countertrend in a year of expanding industrial earnings was the confusion in meat markets caused by invalidation of AAA processing taxes and the subsequent drought, which forced farmers to slaughter...
...boys living alone, in being able to go have and find nobody waiting for you was the only line that stopped the play to around applause Phillip Reed as the snake and Alden Chase as the home body likewise left nothing to be desired in a highly diverting, swift-fleeing are wing's entertainment...