Word: stubborn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...equipped himself in the Congress. Since Speaker "Uncle Joe" Cannon (1837-1927), who finally met in Jack Garner his match at poker, no man, not even the late convivial Nick Longworth, enjoyed such influence among members on both sides of the aisle in both Houses as this stubby, stubborn, pink & white billiken with the beak of an owl, eyebrows like cupid's-wings, tongue of a cowhand. He takes Capitol freshmen aside and instructs them philosophically. "Now, Scott," he said, for example, to Senator Lucas of Illinois, "first thing to do is to get other Senators' respect...
...culture is gone." Attacking the question from the historical angle Potter showed that it was originally under Germanic influence but that it had evolved a culture of its own which had developed on strongly anti-German lines. The Czech attitude in the September crisis is an indication of their stubborn character but now that stubbornness seems useless...
...provided, the national income must be increased." National income will not rise without Business confidence, and on this paramount point Mr. Hopkins made an admission never before heard so frankly from a New Dealer. Said he: "Among many businessmen there exists a widespread lack of confidence . . . a hard, stubborn fact...
...natural one. He did vivid, honest water colors and first-rate portraits, including one of Revolutionist John Reed, which now hangs in Harvard's Adams House. Brought up a Quaker, he put his idea of art in three words: "Isolate thy beauty." Widemouthed, humorous, stubborn and good company, he earned praise, honor from museums and meagre keep for his second wife and their baby until Depression hit the art market. From 1935 to 1937 he was an assistant on the Federal Art Project. After that obscurity and poverty closed in. He wore himself out trying to design and sell...
...Stubborn as a Dutch dike, Franklin Roosevelt last week announced he had signed Congress' bill for $725,000,000 to run WPA until June 30, and promptly took emphatic advantage of its invitation to ask for the $150,000,000 it had lopped off, in case an "emergency" loomed. He said in effect that the lopping itself had created an emergency. Then he pictured the abrupt firing of 1,000,000 WPAsters in April, or the scaling-down of 1,500,000 from April to June...