Word: wideness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Throwing back his head with a quick jerk and popping both eyes stark wide for emphasis...
...week later Secretary Woodin's confidence had spread far & wide. Throughout the U. S. 279 banks had reopened for business on the certification of the Treasury. New money had begun to circulate. Industry started hopefully up again. The U. S. gold supply, returned in masses by hoarders, rose by leaps & bounds. It looked as if the "bottom" was really being left behind...
...York City 52 out of 61 Federal Reserve member banks swung wide their doors. The biggest that did not was the Harriman National, with $30,000,000 deposits, for which a "conservator'' was promptly appointed.† Nine state banks were also kept shut. As depositors trooped in with funds that had been unbankable all week, bankers cheerily announced that the rate of return was far faster than the rate of outgo had been...
...final gift was a library of 2,350 volumes on a wide variety of subjects. This was the bequest of Dr. W. L. Richardson '64, late professor in the Medical School. It was made up in the greater part of books by well-known writers in history and literature, with a scattering of travel and science...
...recently acted to speed up the appellate process in Federal courts. This should be extended to state jurisdiction as well, making it possible to hurry procedure along at something better than the current snail's-pace. If this were brought about, there might be a chance of curbing the wide-spread corruption in banking circles...