Word: clever
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This seems a small thing, definitely out of step with the Administration's clever and liberal handling of public relations. Mr. Roosevelt's appeal is to the heart as well as the mind. The success of the New Deal depends entirely upon public support. When Mr. Roosevelt becomes "just another President" the fires of patriotism and sacrifice will die, and expediency and self-interest gain the upper hand...
...Husband. During that interval, with four cinema roles, she had made herself the most talked-about actress in the U. S. Too young and too shy, in the presence of an audience, to seem as commanding a personality on the stage as on the screen, she gave a talented, clever performance marred only by a trick of keying her voice to a high, flat monotone to indicate emotional intensity...
...himself in an unsually strong position. He has dealt with the inflation problem in such a manner as to befuddle both its exponents and its proponents, despite the fact that vigorous abuse has been leveled at him by both factions. The idea of devaluating the dollar was a very clever one indeed, for no one--least of all the economists--was quite sure just what it meant. While it is most doubtful if it has accomplished anything tangible, its general effect has been to quiet both parties and thus avoid an open conflict between them...
...professional hockey games Ottawa and Winnipeg crowds respond to scientific team-play. In Manhattan clever work by visitors often wins great applause. Detroit and Chicago spectators are prone to throw eggs when matters displease them. But nowhere is sheer roughness on the ice a greater drawing card than in bloodthirsty Boston. There one night last week fans got more than their money's worth when the Toronto Maple Leafs trounced the Boston Bruins...
...TIME, Nov. 6) with the result that Mr. Soong resigned as Finance Minister. He was replaced by the Generalissimo's other Brother-in-law, Dr. Kung. But in Chinese finance there is no such thing as replacing T. V. Soong. Dr. Kung is amiable and highly esteemed, less clever than his wife "Pleasant." Mr. Soong is the only man who ever balanced China's budget (TIME, Jan. 2), the only Chinese Finance Minister who ever held his country's extravagant militarists in check. Unfortunately Soong the Financier tried to make himself a popular figure by clamoring...