Word: vein
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Replied Chairman Baker, in true Hooverian vein: "Any extended system of Federal relief, however necessary, is attended by dangers..... It is our eager hope, as we know it is yours, that soon the entire burden of relief may be returned to local shoulders. . . . We venture to hope that this winter will see us past the edge of the crisis...
...called "the American dream"-that state of spiritual somnambulism in which all men were to have an equal chance in a brand new world. Like most patriotic U. S. citizens, Author Adams regards this idealistic belief as the essential promise of his country. Last fortnight, in more realistic vein, he described one of the tragic fulfilments of the U. S. dream. Soundly documented and popularly written America's Tragedy traces U. S. sectionalism from its colonial beginnings to the aftermath of the Civil...
...hysterics which hinder any chances for the governorship that the G.G.P. possesses. A man of force and sincerity, Mr. Macy possesses the unfortunate characteristics of stubbouness and suspicion. He is imbued with the idea that he must carry on in the Hughes and Theodore Roosevelt vein of reform and has selected utilities as the animal which will bring him fame. Aside from the fact that this issue has no live interest today, it has given him two unfortunate ideas. The first is that the new deal should not be discussed in any form during the campaign. The second is that...
...Japan was in its infancy, Seiji Noma, whose father had been of the samurai, was rooted in the feudal past. His family was poor but proud. At school he was an idle, mischief-making but lusty youth, excelling in oratory and fencing. Despite early pride and poverty, and the vein of moralizing that runs through his narrative, Noma is no Horatio Alger hero, dislikes being called a self-made man. Sent to the Luchu Islands as a Government teacher, he displayed marked talents for conviviality, enjoyed wining, dining and the entertainment of geisha girls at "The House of the Wind...
Following hard on the heels of the four long turgid romances that make up The Berries Chronicle, Hugh Walpole's new novel reverts to his lighter vein. A Modern Comedy he calls this yarn of a present-day scalawag who, with the manners of Prince Charming and the soul of a snapping turtle, is the black sheep of a gentle English family. Author Walpole, who has a good word for everybody, seems to like even his own rogues. But most readers will have little sympathy with Captain Nicholas. He does not rise to the stature of a dark brooding Barry...