Word: wealth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gleaming rails-the twin steel bands Of Commerce-spanning verdant isles, Running o'er the sea miles on miles; In old Key West their mission ends, Dreadnoughts to her each nation sends And wealth & fame all this portends...
...always gives the impression of not having learned his lines. It doesn't matter whose dialogue he is voicing, it is always beyond dispute his own. Fortunately his talk is never too brilliant to lose its smack of complete spontaneity, and it is a revelation to see the wealth of aptness and humor that he can put into a stock rejoinder like "You'd be surprised." Mr. Cohan is not a versatile actor; his own identity is too strong for that. But in the part of the mundane business man who quails and blusters; who loses face, his head...
...principle of sovereignity, and self-determination, that peoples, whether living in colonies, mandates, or protectorates, be handed over to another power. But it is essential that international trade be restored to a normal basis. Its existing chaotic state is causing continual friction to all nations of whatever size or wealth, and is a potent factor in the armament race now so smoothly under way. It is the easing and ultimate solution of this friction, and not any vague problem based on an artificial and unjustified division between two groups of powers, which is fundamental to world peace. H. S. Fletcher...
...President's favorite tunes, The Yellow Rose of Texas, Anchors Aweigh, Home on the Range, played by special appointment to the White House, but the celebrants enjoyed the President's favorite food to the extent of 7,000 scrambled eggs. Crowning event was the pageant: "Health, Wealth and Happiness." Central figure of "Health" was Charles Atlas, whose brawny biceps and leopard skin breechclout are familiar to all readers of pulp magazine advertisements.* He stood on a pedestal while below him paraded socialite ladies dressed as Sun, Air, Water, Bananas, Peaches, Carrots & Peas, Tomatoes, Milk, Coffee and Greens. Central...
...Radio Fee" which allows a player to sound off with cards representing his platform. If one of his cards reads, "I declare in favor of unlimited coinage of silver," he automatically wins counties in some of the silver States. If a card advocates the "share-the-wealth" movement, the player has to pay all other candidates $10,000 while winning a few counties in the South, two in Wisconsin. After every State has at least one pin in it, a count is taken each time the dice show a pair or three of a kind. Unless some player...