Word: usefully
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Members of Congress tremble before what "Washington Merry-Go-Round" may say about them-and T. Corcoran provides it with plenty to say. Evidence of his press sagacity is his occasional use also of such panting Liberals as Columnist John F. Carter (alias Jay Franklin...
Northern Negroes, settling in large cities, rarely know a brassie from a mashie until they have become prosperous enough to enjoy the game as a pastime. But in the South, where country clubs use Negro caddies in great numbers, many moppets learn the fundamentals of golf along with their ABCs...
...entourage and a few necessary witnesses beheld a second exhumation of Mother Cabrini. At some secret later time, the Devil's Advocate was to sever from the body a limb (which limb would not be revealed) - a "first-class" relic which he would take to Rome for use in the beatification ceremonies...
...Began field work for the Monopoly Investigating Committee. Armed with subpoenas which they were instructed not to use unless necessary, SEC agents started looking into insurance investment practices (TIME, July 25), and Department of Justice agents delved into a study of patents. Two pronouncements this year by President Roosevelt, plus recommendations by Solicitor General Jackson and ex-Assistant Secretary of State Berle, indicate that the 100-year-old patent laws are due for an overhauling-if evidence confirms such suspicions as that big corporations suppress patents to block new products...
...Soldier Field on the lakefront. This week it sponsored an All-Star football game on the Field. Calculating that it would be too expensive to dismantle a loudspeaker system on the Field between the two events, the Tribune agreed to let a rival, the tabloid Daily Times, use the equipment last week for a free entertainment of its own-a "Swing Jam Session" of five "name" bands from Chicago nightspots, and, according to plans, of 50 amateur swing groups. This gesture, the Tribune claimed, proved somewhat costly...