Word: bents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Both the politician and the clergy, man missed the mark completely. To say that any encouragement of college men as a class to become a self-conscious group bent on leadership will result in the curtailment of legal or economic rights now enjoyed by the majority is mere demagoguery. To say that class leadership is wrong is nonsense. Already our social system is a resultant of classes clashing as classes. Banking as a class, labor as a class, politicians as a class, lawyers as a class, all are bent on control. Why not make an attempt to wake...
They were very slow. The rain took no notice and kept pouring down. At length Mr. Mellon, still bent over with trowel poised, said patiently: ''Please hurry, won't you? You know, I'm not laying the whole building...
Edsel Ford dug the first turf last week for a new Ford plant in Degenham, Essex, England. So manfully dug he that he bent his silver spade. The factory, to be finished in less than three years, will employ 15,000, make 300,000 Fords yearly...
...addition to Optional Consumption, the committee (seemingly bent on creating phrases) also discussed Leisure Consumption-the fact that shorter hours of employment produce longer hours of leisure and that less work and more play make Jack a good spender. The busy radio and cinema industries were cited as examples of Optional Consumers engaged in Leisure Consumption...
...curbstones in St. Louis are higher than curbstones in Manhattan, and curbstones in Detroit are higher than curbstones in St. Louis, distressed is the curbstone maker and pleased would he be at the adoption of a uniform curbstone for all U. S. cities. Last fortnight Department of Commerce minds bent themselves to the task of simplifying the wheelbarrow industry. No less than 168 different types of wheelbarrows trundle through U. S. streets, yards, farms. To 22 types this number should be reduced. Last week the Department came to grips with men's pajamas and their standardization. On request...