Word: writing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...following is typical of the arguments of those in favor of the resolution: "To vote for tax-exempt securities is to write after the income tax schedule the following amendmnt: 'Providd, however, that the payment of these taxes is at the option of the taxpayer, and if he does not desire to make this voluntary contribution, his declination meets with the entire approval of the Congress...
...Philadelphia, Josephus Daniels took his pen in hand and prepared to depart for North Carolina. He was engaged by the John C. Winston Co. to write a biography of Woodrow Wilson. He will prosecute his task at his North Carolina home. Said Mr. Daniels: "The book will begin with his birth and go right through his whole career...
...first conclusion reached after the disastrous crash of our overambitious plans for foreign trade in 1920, was that we had best stick to domestic trade and write our foreign efforts off as a War delusion. Yet the recent marked gain in both our imports and exports with Latin America goes to show that something substantial has survived the 1919-20 boom...
This is an age when everyone writes who has anything to say, and many more write who have nothing at all to say. It is an age of mass publication and greater mass composition. Maupassant, if he were living now, would be very much out of style. For Maupassant practised writing for seven years before trying to publish any of his works, and then only began cautiously...
...much touched by your kind letter, which you have been good enough to write me to inform me yourself that you have entered on your high functions and to send me your personal good wishes. I hope with all my heart that your efforts for the welfare of your country will be crowned with success...