Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Economic Setting. The curious thing in the farmer's situation is that he is suffering when the general trend of the economic situation is all working in his favor. Ever since 1898 the consumption of food products in the U. S. has been increasing much more rapidly than the production of foodstuffs. Only last week the Department of Agriculture made public a study confirming this fact. Of sugar, fruits, nuts and vegetables we import more than we export. We still export more grain, grain products, and animal products than we import, but the net exportation of animal products has fallen...
...Knox, Edith Root, Elinor Wylie,* who "had not then distinguished herself by her poetry or her love affairs, save for occasional passionate little verses"?not to mention Brandegee's "beloved ideal" not mentioned by name but described as "the wife of another distinguished statesman." This unknown woman, poor thing, was described at length...
...only man of whom the Encyclopedia Britannica reversed its opinion completely within a decade. General Pershing said of him: "He has made possible what I have done." He is a loyal friend, a gracious enemy. In his presence conversation is rarely trivial and never low. He is not all things to all men; he is the same thing to all men, a gentleman and a scholar. If a Greek piano-tuner visited his house professionally, Mr. Baker would learn all about the insides of a piano and the piano-tuner would hear about Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides...
...fought to deny personal exemptions to persons with incomes over $20,000, and lost viva voce. He proposed the same thing for persons with incomes over $45,000, and lost...
When men of known worth lend their names to unpopular causes, observers are apt to look closely to see if they can discover some value, hitherto overlooked, in the thing advocated. Among unpopular issues, one of the least favored is the campaign of certain churchmen to close all theatres, playgrounds, amusement parks on Sundays, and limit the amusement of the public to churchgoing, which these churchmen consider amusement enough. Last week the "Lord's Day alliance," as these churchmen call their association, held its annual meeting in Manhattan, appointed a committee to report judges and county officials who belittle...