Word: understatedness
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What Adolf Hitler told his people will not live long in their hearts and minds. He spoke again of Germany as the barrier to Bolshevism, said that the front was stabilized after "undeserved" reverses, and actually understated the Wehrmacht's recent resurgence in Russia (see p. 75). He said...
The Senators watched in curious silence as Madame Chiang walked down the aisle of the Senate Chamber. They saw a still face with big dark eyes. They saw a slim, straight figure in a black Chinese gown, with here a tiny splash of jade, there a black sequin's...
As was expected, Tom Girdler's Republic Steel made the worst showing in "Little Steel.* The strike centred on Republic, as the official release from the Girdler office understated it, "because of its determined efforts to carry on operations." Earnings in the June quarter were only $487,000, as...
The same persistence was demonstrated in price cuttings. In the end, of course, Standard Oil became such a stench in the public's nostrils that it was ordered dissolved into its 34 component parts in 1911, about 15 years after Mr. Rockefeller retired from active direction at 57, his...
The importance of the ruling of the Supreme Court in the Gold Clause Cases can not be understated. An unfavorable decision by the Court will invalidate the present value of every issue of public and private bonds, contracts and securities on both the open and closed market. The dollar will...