Word: nationalisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...discovery by the statesmen of the time that it is an economic necessity. While the officers of the Association were in Washington, they might well have used a portion of their time in visiting some of the men of this day who hold the affairs of the nation in their hands...
...extension of the state-ownership theory to include transmission as well as sites, plus the appeal to the family pocketbook, left no doubt of Governor Roosevelt's purpose to continue to press Water Power as a leading political issue in his State, perhaps in the nation...
...solemnly declare that India . . . is a free and independent nation, and that Independent India now undertakes the responsibility of conducting war, concluding peace, contracting alliances, and establishing political and commercial relations with other nations...
...example of this increased efficiency, and what it means to street users, seems worth quoting. In a recent article in "Nation's Business" the superintendent of vehicle service of the Railway Express Agency, operating some 200 definite routes in the "loop" area states, "No parking has already increased our speed twenty-five per cent, as far as travel is concerned. Since the ordinance went into effect we have been able consistently to handle five per cent, more business in the "loop" with exactly the same number of vehicles and the same personnel...
...Harlow Shapely of the Harvard Observatory has been honored by being placed on the honor roll of "The Nation" for 1929. He is listed as one of three men who have distinguished themselves in the field of Science. The caption after his name reading, "for a series of lectures on astronomy in New York City which were heard with delight by large and eager audiences but which did not yield any portion of their scholarly profundity to popular taste...