Word: welters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pays a plastic surgeon to beautify her, the obvious procedure would be for the surgeon to graft upon the chin what he removes from the nose. However, the logic of such an operation seems to have occurred to only one plastic surgeon in all the last decade's welter of face-cutting. Dr. Gustave Aufricht of Manhattan, who has transferred 21 big noses to 21 little chins, last week laid claim to this originality in the American Journal of Surgery...
...finance another expedition. Last month Dr. Brown bared no less than eight skeletons of the ancient monsters. Last fortnight he uncovered four more. The twelve skeletons are apparently of a hitherto unknown species. In an exultant but anxious message to the Museum last week Dr. Brown reported the welter of bones so tangled that none could be moved until charts and photographs have been made and the entire 25 x 60 ft. site excavated...
Instead of a welter of specific prohibitions, control becomes largely a matter of "such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe." The Federal Reserve Board, which has complete control over all stockmarket credit, is likewise permitted to use its judgment. Almost the only sections which still stand practically unchanged are those dealing with information required from listed corporations, their officers, directors and big stockholders...
...whole Charlestown affair is unfortunate. While the police have a presentable case on their handling of the riot, they and the courts carried their jobs to illogical extremes. Both of these latter developments should merit careful review. But there is one important indication which stands forth from the welter of confused comment; not only the police, but also the rieters must be taught to consider riots and freedom of speech in their proper perapective. Let the Committee use their findings to achieve this purpose...
...depression, now appears only to have been scotched, but not despatched at the 1929 crossroads. The guide posts to reform are being ignored on every side, and the demand becomes more insistent for a return to the era of unrestricted profits. It is indeed discouraging when crusaders such as Welter Lippmann, Johnson and others become apologists...