Word: idea
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Britain's First Commissioner of Works approximates Sam Goldwyn's idea of the U. S. citizen's idea of a Member of Parliament. His name is Herwald Ramsbotham (pronounced Ramsbottom). He studied at Oxford, fought gallantly in the War. His frosty monocle magnifies a warm twinkle. He wears striped shirts, and talks as if he had some hot Yorkshire pudding in his mouth. His strength lies in his solid conservatism, his besetting weakness is for classical quotations...
...change. There was a sound of pumping and draining and I could hear the drip, drip of a liquid. Although my brain didn't hurt at all, it did hurt me when one of the instruments fell on to the glass with a sharp, metallic sound. A certain idea passing through my mind hurt me too. It had nothing to do with my present situation...
...late, great James Couzens of Michigan had two pet political ideas: Federal taxation of tax-free securities (which made up 98% of his $34,000,000 estate) and municipal ownership of Detroit's street railway. When U. S. Senator Couzens died in 1936, the bulk of his income was still free of taxes (and would still be today). But his municipal ownership idea had long since borne fruit...
...designed to turn agricultural New Zealand into a nation which can at least partially produce its own manufactured goods, and thus be less dependent on world prices. Although realizing that New Zealand will not for a long time be able to supply all its wants, Minister Nash's idea is to build factories to enable the country to manufacture "secondary" articles. And he expects Mother England to supply the necessary capital to get his plan started...
...with many a big game expedition through Africa without a single case of malaria or sleeping sickness. Three clients, however, were fanged by poisonous snakes. Courier Wagner brought them around by sucking their wounds, dusting them with permanganate crystals and pickling the victims in Scotch & sodas (usually a bad idea...