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...Since 1933, the losses from winter damage have been greater than ever before in the history of the Arboretum," Professor Ames reported. "And many plants once regarded as perfectly hardy in the climate of Boston are now known to be unable to withstand an exceptionally cold winter...
...doubt, by the camaraderie of the occasion. All this is true, yet what he said is precisely what a large proportion of this country is thinking today. His challenge will have to be answered, and answered soon by a responsible spokesman for the administration. The New Deal can successfully withstand the Henry Fletchers and the scattered forces of the Republicans, but it cannot hold forth against criticsm like this, whose strength lie in their sincerity and honesty and whose supporters come from within the party itself...
Next day, Promoter Mike Jacobs announced the date and circumstances of the next attempt to determine, by public subscription, the still unmeasured capacity of Pugilist Louis to withstand punishment: a bout with onetime Heavyweight Champion Max Baer next month in New York or Chicago, depending on which seems more capable of paying for the privilege...
...Your subcommittee of the Ways & Means has pending . . . [the Guffey] bill to stabilize the bituminous coal mining industry. ... I understand that questions of the Constitutionality of some of its provisions have arisen. . . . Manifestly, no one is in apposition to give assurance that the proposed act will withstand Constitutional tests, for the simple fact that you can get not ten but a thousand different legal opinions on the subject. But the situation is so urgent and the benefits of the legislation so evident that all doubts should be resolved in favor of the bill, leaving to the courts, in an, orderly...
...middle thirties, he had plenty of money, a decorative wife, an adoring actress-mistress. When he gave a party he had the satisfaction of knowing that nowhere in the world was there a collection of smarter, more successful people. He was tall and well-built. No one could withstand his famous charm. He was the top, and he knew it. But do you suppose Tom was happy? Not a bit of it. Something was lacking. What that something was, Tom was not quite smart enough to figure out. But he felt the need of a change, and decided...