Word: unexpectedness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The weakness of the anti-oath faction which had attempted to push the bill through to a third reading yesterday came as an unexpected blow to labor, church, and educational leaders who have pressed for repeal during the Curley law's four years of existence.
The unexpected nature of the interruption was emphasized by earlier speeches in favor of the Palestine immigration by David Lasker, Chairman of The Boston Finance Commission, Edwin Kaufman, chairman of the Jewish Youth Organization, Gus Sonnenberg, heavyweight wrestler, and Miss Madeline Swedersky, of the Jewish Allia movement.
Not since its brief awakening after the Civil War has Southern literary life been as lively as it is now. Not since that same period has Southern life changed as rapidly as it is now changing. Political and economic news from the South is confused and contradictory; but Southern literary...
*Also short on cash are: 1) Italy, where the 1939-40 budget last week revealed that during the next fiscal year Italy will suffer an unexpected 4,755,000,000 lire ($237,750,000) deficit, largely due to arms expansion; 2) France, where the Chamber of Deputies last week worked...
Mr. George Parmly Day, the treasurer of Yale, expects to pay part of the university's expenses from unexpected legacies. He was therefore both surprised and not surprised when he picked up his paper one morning last week and learned that a rich old gentleman who had never shown...