Word: tendering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...value of their stock tobogganned in all markets. Many an observer wondered last week whether the President had not made a political misstep. The President was put in an uncomfortable position when Colonel Lindbergh wired him a protest that commanded the attention of the country. This criticism touched a tender White House spot. Stephen T. Early, the President's second assistant secretary, met it with a double-barreled reply. One barrel went off with a smart bang: Colonel Lindbergh, famed for his Press-shyness, had deliberately sought "publicity" by releasing his telegram to the newspapers before giving the President...
...This, to tender a long-due congratulation on your book reviews. Particularly do I wish to praise your Jan. 29 review of Ulysses. Intelligent, comprehensive, pointed, the reviewer smacks the head of the nail every time...
...Tristan and Die Meistersinger, operas that he trusted to keep him before the public while the great tetralogy was in its slow making. The Ring's music was written chronologically. Its design is like a symphony with Rheingold corresponding to an introductory first movement; Walkure to a tender andante; Siegfried to a scherzo and Die Gotterdammerung to a great finale. The four operas take 15 hours to give...
...Cummings delivered a lengthy opinion, citing several decisions of the Supreme Court. His conclusion: "The monetary gold stock may be taken by the Government in the exercise of its right of eminent domain. . . . Congress may make paper money tender for the payment of all debts. . . . The Government may discharge its obligation [for the seized gold] in currency of that type...
...ascertained last night. When the plan was first rumored several weeks ago, there was such a distressed reaction from the student and faculty bodies, that the telephone company was expected to relent. They have been guided, however, by the sterling character of a Harvard president rather than by the tender sensibilities of the inmates of his University. In addition to Eliot, the other exchanges will be Trowbridge and Kirkland...