Word: systemâ
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Budget System???"Our main problems are domestic problems. . . . Orderly retrenchment is bringing our expenses within our means. The origin of this has been the determination of the American people, the main support has been the courage of those in authority and the effective method has been the budget system. . . . This system is a law of the Congress. It represents your will. It must be maintained and ought to be strengthened by the example of your observance...
...usual fictional American family's share of trouble. Jealousy, murder, seductions, secret marriages?they took a fling at them all, but always managed to keep up appearances pretty well, on the whole. There is much interesting information on the growth and development of New York City and its water-system???a highly melodramatic plot to sugar-coat the pill?and, as usual with Mr. Hughes, the pace of the narrative carries the reader along. The Great American Novel still remains un-written?but Within These Walls will undoubtedly make a lavish and spectacular film...