Word: bettered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Democratic floor leader of the State's House of Delegates, and was thinking of running for Governor. Back from the War, he went into partnership with seasoned Philip P. Steptoe of Clarksburg, soon was earning $40,000 a year or better in corporate practice. As the money rolled in, he began to put on weight, lose his hair but not his vim, ease up on poker and take to golf. He could afford to play politics without running for office. By picking his candidates after the primaries, he steered clear of West Virginia's bitter Democratic feuds, thus...
...vacation tours or cruises of the Strength Through Joy organization found these had all been "canceled indefinitely." In Munich and in most German cities near the Eastern border, people waited on street corners for the motor busses which usually take them to work, then were told they had better walk, since the army had commandeered the busses. Even mail trucks of the German Post Office stopped delivering letters, began delivering soldiers, reservists and supplies. As men called to the colors left their jobs all over Germany, none knowing how soon he could return, German women were sent to fill many...
...Boake Carter would say his last General Foods cheerio August 26, the rumors grew louder. Official reason for failure to renew the contract: The change from Daylight Saving Time would bring the broadcasts to western radios at 4:30 p. m., too early an hour for most listeners, and better time is not available on any nationwide network...
...last week Dumpy fell sick (indigestion). After a visit to her veterinary and a day's rest, she felt better. Next day, to make up for the day she had missed, she made two of her mysterious trips, brought back two dollars. Then she resumed her schedule of one per day. She made other extra trips later in the week, but disappointed her owners by carrying home in her jaws not extra cash, but a skimpy, flea-ridden terrier, a piece of bone, a sponge, a small grey kitten...
Bernhard Menne, who worked for Krupps till Germany got too hot for him, would have written a better book if he had spent less time on Krupps under the Empire and more on Krupps under the Nazis...