Word: toward
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those who say that this program would involve a step toward war on our part, I reply that it ... is a positive program for giving safety . . . the road to peace...
...national industrial mobilization plan relies in large measure on a spirit of cooperation, and Colonel Rutherford bestowed high praise on the attitude of American industry toward the industrial war plans of the government. The response to preliminary field studies and surveys by the War Department "has been a splendid tribute to the patriotism of American industry," he wrote. "A spirit of wholehearted cooperation has prevailed which has made the work of organization a stimulating force to the officers of the army responsible for industrial contacts...
...munitions in which the United States is not self-sufficient are manganese, tin, rubber, tungsten, chromium, quinine, and others, Colonel Rutherford said. The estimates are that one year's national supply of certain strategic materials should be placed in reserve, and Congress has authorized spending $100,000,000 toward this end in the next four years...
...than from comedy of situation. This type of humor is bound to pall at times, and it does in this play in the third act. What might be called the "heart of gold scene" is not good, and the "denouncement" is worse, but in such a criticism one tends toward carping...
...Christmas atmosphere predominates, and it is evident the authors have high hope for the comedy's extended success; perhaps they are not overly optimistic. The play is a fluffy and inconsequential thing, but one cannot fail to enjoy it since it makes no pretense toward being anything more than good entertainment...