Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When finally we arrived in Prague there was a very definite feeling of tenseness. Amongst the first people we talked to were several young men who had been exiled from Germany. They told us in no uncertain words that they would stand by the Czechs in the event of trouble, and that trouble was very close...
...single receiving station, and an automatic device to match the wave length at the transmitter and receiver to the atmospheric conditions of the moment, is designed to assure unbroken, even, ultra-high frequency communication between a transmitter and one receiving station beyond the horizon. It would keep the uncertain spray steadily pouring on its objective...
Destiny of the exported wheat is still undetermined, though presumably it will be sold in China, Great Britain, The Netherlands. Likewise uncertain is the method of making the program jibe with Secretary of State Hull's reciprocal trade agreements. Asked at his press conference about Henry Wallace's statement that differences between the two departments had been ironed out, Cordell Hull replied curtly: "I think comment from one Cabinet member is sufficient...
...Meyers of St. Louis (Aa), who said: "The main factor that makes the problem of Relief, unemployment, taxation and debt so difficult is the lack of cooperation between the different levels of government." On behalf of the lowest governmental level, Budgeteer Meyers complained that city Relief bills are uncertain because WPA does not distinguish consistently between employables and unemployables. For Depression II he suggested a long-range program "by all levels of government, business, labor and industry." Main proposal: higher share to cities on State taxes on liquor, gasoline, automobiles, income, sales, inheritances. (The New Deal's long-range...
...suit or overcoat. To each of these purchasers the sales clerk gave a silver dollar to be dropped into a box for Willie Winn. When at week's end he unlocked his box, there were 342 silver dollars for Willie. Since he is a broadcaster of uncertain habits and sudden impulses, the WAAF engineer keeps an alert finger near the control switch, ready to snap him off the air if he should start heading for the stable...