Word: terme
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Presidential campaign which will produce a successor to President General Lázaro Cardenas-who is barred by the Constitution from succeeding himself when his first term comes to an end in November 1940-last week got off to an early but gentlemanly start. President Cardenas' Cabinet, three members of which recently resigned in order to become eligible for the Presidential race, pledged to "abstain radically" from political activities during the campaign in order "to keep the people from having barriers in the free expression of their will...
Speaking of what many people term his radical changes in the theatre, Welles said, "We are not trying to change the theatre, but are merely trying to rid ourselves of those customs which are nothing more nor less than bad habits. Such frills as unnecessary scenery and lavish costumes are those evils we are combatting. In this way, we hope that we may bring the theatre back to its purest form...
Besides his writing, he had his own band while a student at Shaker Heights High School in Cleveland. When he gave a talk on jazz in the Union last term under the auspices of the American Civilization Group it was attended by the largest crowd of the series...
...commonly thought of as showing merely the condition of the banks. But they also show the business condition of the banks' customers. What is a deposit to a bank is a cash asset to some customer. Bank loans, in turn, are a large part of customers' short term liabilities. "Bank debits," checks drawn to all accounts, represent "gross sales" and thus reflect public spending. The trend of inventories bought with borrowed money may also be followed in the rise or fall of bank loans...
...purpose of determining business trends are Townsend-Skinner and Co. Inc. In collaboration with them, the TIME Index of Business Conditions was worked out on these principles.* The final weighted average of accounting ratios is based on no assumed "normal." adjusted to no economists' idea of "long term trend." It is, in effect, simply a report on how sound business was last week, a subject which TIME considers news...