Word: adjustable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...know that the world does not stand still; that trade movements and relations once interrupted can with the utmost difficulty be restored; that even in tranquil and prosperous times there is a constant shifting of trade channels. . . . Every nation must at all times be in a position quickly to adjust its taxes and tariffs to meet sudden changes and avoid severe fluctuations in both its exports and its imports...
...sound economic principles, the management must satisfy the students, who are in reality paying guests. If the prices are high, the food bad, or the maid service poor there are sure to be objections. The fact that men are leaving will force the college authorities to adjust their prices and general management to suit their demands...
...youthful outburst, more to the rumored faculty unrest than the squabbles and jealousies which beset every university administration. Back of it all, they said, was the refusal of Trinity-Duke's longtime ruling triumvirate - President William Preston Few, Vice President Robert Lee Flowers and Dean Wannamaker - to adjust themselves to running a big university instead of a small college. Trinity College was governed by a board of trustees two-thirds of whom were elected by Methodist church conferences, one-third by alumni. When in 1924 the late Tobaccoman James Buchanan ("Buck") Duke gave Trinity his name and some...
...Face the Music" and now appearing as the cultured fireman in the "Little Show." "But in the summer I'd rather be a policeman, because their uniforms are lighter. To tell the truth, I really don't care about the matter. Boston policemen?" Mr. O'Connell paused to adjust a bright red scarf around his neck. "Oh, they're swell...
...Connell decided to be diplomatic about the subject of vaudeville. "Vaudeville's harder than the legitimate stage, and it takes up more time. Actors have to keep abreast of the times, and if the public wants to look at living figures the actor must adjust himself. Condensed versions of shows that have been produced are a good idea, because they're not so much of an experiment...