Word: seemingly
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Commission is unanimous that the wisdom or unwisdom of the 18th Amendment is not involved in their work. . . . The function of the Commission is to devise the best means possible for its enforcement. ... All seem to view the industrial alcohol situation as the most difficult one to solve. . . . The Prohibition phase of the Commission's work can be done within three or four months . . . completed by July 1 at the latest. . . . Expert studies may be desirable . . . but these investigations should not be too prolonged or detailed...
...Christmas time mean acts seem exceptionally vicious. In Manhattan one William Heimsberger sold all the Christmas presents of his five children and bought liquor. In Washington some one sent to a young bride a Christmas box which exploded, killing the girl and her baby brother...
...leader in the Canadian division, has 22 goals but only seven assists to his credit. The four leading scorers of the Bruins have a total of 55 goals and 44 assists, while the Montreal figures for the four top offense stars show 48 goals and 27 assists. The Bruins seem to be helping each other towards another Stanley Cup more than their rivals, which is one very good reason why they are practically assured of success...
...discussing the House Plan, President Lowell seems at some pains to avoid the appearance of rushing the thing by emphasizing the point that the idea has been in the minds of the Corporation for some two decades. It seems justifiable to assume that this somewhat anxious stressing of what is at best a flimsy support arises from the consciousness that the completion of the plan is being forced with extraordinary haste. Certainly the statement that all the houses will be ready for occupancy by a year from next September falls as a surprise upon the ears of those who last...
Besides this possibility of residual opposition to the plan, the present haste would also seem to allow little opportunity for future Houses to profit by the mistakes of the two first units. The experimental nature of the plan has long been emphasized, but it is a silly sort of experiment which allows of no application of its results to future events. If modifications in the physical equipment of the first two Houses are found to be desirable, there will be small advantage in the discovery if the succeeding units have already been constructed. Equally important is the somewhat delicate matter...