Word: types
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Mr. Roosevelt called tramp money hot money, his felicity of expression deserted him for once, yet at the same time he gave a graphic description of a type of money that is not only hot, but very apt to burn the fingers of American creditors. Tramp money will not stay put; it is a form of short term investment for foreigners, affording quick liquidation and till free, in spite of the Securities Exchange Commission, to move anywhere. When the President speaks of tramp money, or hot money, he does not fear a sudden withdrawal of foreign funds from...
Wary of the educational anarchists who denounce any form of test as tending to prostitute pure mental development, Investigator Kandel noted in his report that recently many marking systems have been thoroughly overhauled and newer, more comprehensive essay-type examinations substituted for mere yes-&-no tests. Nevertheless, concluded he: "What is clear from the use of tests is that there is no single measure for predicting educational success...
...public moneys goes to public education, and for educational purposes the Carnegie Corporation alone disgorges $6,000,000 a year, the Rockefeller General Education Board another $9,400,000. In addition, educative projects are far more often benefited in the wills of rich men than any other type of philanthropy. Biggest educational windfall since 1924 when Tobaccoman James Buchanan ("Buck") Duke established his Duke Endowment (present value approximately $53,000,000), dropped last week in Manhattan when the will of Banker Charles Hayden (TIME, Jan. 18) set aside the bulk of his $50,000,000 for tune for "the moral...
...invited him to sit in on meetings of the governing committee. It appeared from his writings, however, that the Exchange could have done worse than elect old Mr. Hoxsey president ten years ago. In 1930 in reference to Alleghany Corp. old Mr. Hoxsey memorialized prophetically: "If corporations of this type are multiplied, there is likely to be a strong public protest...
...district around Lille, in northern France, a narrow strip between the Belgian border and the trenches of the Western Front. In that crowded industrial area, in 1914, were three towns, a dozen villages, hundreds of thousands of people. Invasion's principal characters number more than 50, represent every type of noncombatant, every fortune of war. In 707 pages Author van der Meersch tells their grim four-year tale, from the first days of the invasion to the final German retreat...