Word: bettered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mayor of New York City, better paid ($22,500) than any public executive except the President of the U. S. ($75,000) and the Governor of New York ($25,000), actively governs 7,000,000 people, has the third toughest elective job in the nation. Above it in difficulty, short of the Presidency, only the Governorship of New York is supposed to rank. But other jobs, such as Vice President, Senator or Cabinet member, bring greater kudos. He would be a dull New York mayor indeed who did not tour the U. S. to give voters outside of New York...
...What? . . . only two hours and fifteen minutes. ... In Kansas City the parade was two hours and forty minutes." Down at the Hall Corrigan got a shiny gold medal. "This is a pretty good medal," he vouchsafed to Mayor Frank L. Shaw. Then he added: "Some of the others were better...
...This did give occasion to many pretty wishes, as of the blood of a Quaker to be let into an Archbishop, and such like; but . . . may, if it takes, be of mighty use to man's health, for the amending of bad blood by borrowing from a better body...
...National Health Conference. Proposals: 1) The health of impoverished persons should be protected by use of Federal and State funds when necessary; 2) A Department of Health should be established with 'a physician as Cabinet member; 3) Public health, maternal and child welfare service should be expanded; 4) Better use should be made of existing hospital facilities and new buildings should be constructed only where necessary; 5) Compulsory health insurance is undesirable, would lead to "political control and manipulation," but hospital service insurance and cash indemnity insurance policies for patients suffering from prolonged illnesses are highly desirable...
...answer, very likely knows to the fourth decimal place the dollars-and-cents value of his "temperament." Aside from Jerome Kern years ago, Rodgers does not feel that anyone has influenced him musically. He hates swing, and so does Hart: "It's old stuff. Benny Goodman only does better what Ted Lewis did years ago." Both Rodgers & Hart hate having swing bands play their stuff-Hart because the subtlety, and even the grammar, of his lyrics is apt to be outraged; Rodgers because his melodies get buried...