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...idea behind Night Over Taos is that the course of youth and growth should not be checked by age and tradition. The scene is the Taos of 1847, last stand of Castilian feudality before the rising tide of Northern conquest. Old Pablo Montoya (J. Edward Bromberg) has resolved to resist the Gringo invasion to the last ditch, to protect his lands and the imperious institutions in which he believes. As a result of his convictions, he kills one son for treating with the enemy, almost kills another who is in love with the girl whom Pablo has decided to take...
...American youth has the good fortune not to have its outlook troubled by outworn traditions, or by any imposed development which they resist...
...identity, to help her prepare for the affair. He proceeds to set the girls and the ridiculous Helford aright, and, to their horror, takes the party into his own hands, captivates the first socialite of the town and puts the force of evil to rout with interesting resist. The good old virtues of sincerity, kindness, and tolerance prevail, but near obtrude beyond the veil of genial, exless, humor...
...pumping new money into the market to buy R. F. > securities. Secretary Mills estimated that the substitution of bonds for commercial paper would release about $750,000,000 in gold from currency coverage. He denied that the purpose of freeing this gold was to create a reserve to resist foreign raids on the dollar though such a result was ap- parent. The measures were promptly reported to the House and Senate. The House passed (350-10-15) its bill after a three-hour debate...
...output at a profitable price does not equal the productive capacity already in existence, but located in other countries. Maladjustments thus aggravated by tariffs, did not directly precipitate the collapse of prosperity but they did weaken the economic position of many countries and reduce their ability to resist depression. Moreover, when the slump came, the prices of the over-produced commodities fell more precipitously than most prices, diminishing the purchasing power of many countries and causing the depression to go from bad to worse...