Word: urban
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...modern and urban equivalent for the now defunct Wild West thriller, "G-Men," the terrier-like James Cagney swaggers his way through a tempestuous epic of the Department of Justice. Technical perfection and a deft, rapid-fire tempo combine to obscure the insanity of the plot, and, when public enemies sway to the stutter of government machine guns, Willie cheers just as he would if the last rustler had cashed in his chips. The philosopher may believe that "G-Men" misses fire as social drama, but he will hardly find it boring...
...first New Deal agencies was Home Owners' Loan Corp., formed to furnish urban mortgage relief by issuing its bonds in exchange for distress mortgages. Under John H. Fahey, a New England publisher, banker and shipbuilder, HOLC has lifted almost one-fifth of the U. S. home-mortgage burden, has brought relief to 862,000 small homeowners. Last November, with $2,000,000,000 of its $3,000,000,000 capitalization already dispersed and 400,000 cases pending to use up the rest, HOLC suspended all applications for loans. By March, 30% of HOLC's debtors were...
...result is abnormally high food prices, demanded and obtained because segregated Negroes cannot trade elsewhere. And Harlem's housing problem is an open scandal. The Urban League, estimating that 50% of an employed Negro's income must go for rent, has found that Harlem rentals are from 15% to 20% higher than those in the corresponding poor quarters of the city's French, Germans, Italians, Jews. High rents mean unhealthy "doubling up" of families. So, while Harlem's broad, clean streets make a better appearance than those of Yorkville or Little Italy, the district...
...these mass Russian malnutritions the Dictator is serenely responsible. According to Red lights, his conscience is clear. First, the grain stores of the Red Army must be kept bumper full. Then the Proletariat or urban workers must have next call on Russia's food. If, as often happens, there is not enough food left after the State's forcible food collections to nourish properly the Russians who grew it, then Comrade Stalin must be sorry...
...With this magic, Zimri wins over an important industrialist, the Danubia youth movement, a onetime mistress of the Grand Elector, a leading journalist. In spite of this backing, the Messiah sins against the omnipotent State. Tried for sedition, he is acquitted only to be killed by an enraged urban mob that believes he is hindering the coming war with Italy. The finale is fittingly ironic...