Word: maligned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...keep their circulation going indefinitely. They may have to turn their hunting also after that rara avis, the collegian who is neither Communist nor Fascist, and their hunt so directed may possibly meet with a greater aboundance of foxes, although it is difficult to foresee just how they will malign that particular hapless species. --Daily Princetonian...
...classes; or, on the other hand the fees were greatly increased, which at present would, as a financial device defeat itself by greatly reducing attendance. Adequate scholarships would help solve the problem, but these rest almost invariably upon endowments or private gifts and wouId be subject to the same malign influences already pointed out. Whether the social order in America can afford seriously to cripple these endowed institutions and possibly to destroy some of them should be conscientiously considered by the advocates of taxation methods the results of which are reasonably certain ultimately to undermine the vitality of the universities...
...Malign our lodgings, (if you can, in the face of such enormous advantages) Never visit them. It is not that. We neither heed calumny, nor need attention. It is the failure to realize their existence that appalls and sickens us. Ignored by the powers who appoint a proctor for every dormitory, unmentioned by that great work "Information in regard to the Freshman Halls with Floor Plans and Prices," forgotten by those who decree that every Freshman Dormitory shall have a representative on the Union Committee (of all things), we should almost welcome even adverse comment. As Lord Denry Wotton said...
Causes. "The main causes of this Depression came from outside the U. S. . . . our wild speculation, our stock promotion, our loose and extravagant business methods, our unprecedented drought . . . the malign inheritances of the Great War . . . huge taxes . . . mounting armament . . . over-rapid expansion of production, collapse in price of many foreign raw materials ... the demonetization of silver...
Simultaneously another deal emerged from the conference. It was a deal long-rumored, without malign significance. Central Trust Co. of Illinois, long known as "The Dawes Bank" because its honorary chairman is Ambassador Charles Gates Dawes, announced it would merge with The National Bank of the Republic. The new Central Republic Bank & Trust will have resources of $350,000,000. Its existence will please the Continental Illinois and First National Banks, both of whom are said to have long-wished for a third big bank in Chicago. Not included in the deal were six small banks connected with the Foreman...