Word: blanking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Philadelphia. He stipulated that his paintings should never leave his house for permanent exhibition "unless some extraordinary situation shall arise making it extremely judicious." Before he died, he had barked: "I don't intend my pictures shall ever be used as bait for the construction of any blankety blank marble palace...
Again congratulations, Mr. Doe. There is a tremendous amount of detailed work involved and that is the reason we ask you to cooperate by having your blank in on time. Sincerely yours, WHO'S WHO AMONG STUDENTS, H. Pettus Randall, Editor...
...eyes of President Roosevelt, the play was as idealistic as a tragedy in blank verse, full of lofty speeches, sacrifice and noble sentiments-except that every now and then bits of the intellectual scenery fell down and sounds of tumult arose when the stagehands began to battle offstage...
...rotund (180 lb.), 48, he grew up in New York City and went to Columbia, where he wrote a Ph.D. thesis on what was then (1916) the revolutionary theory of an annual wage for seasonal industries. Intending to teach, he was so irritated by the blank laughter his views aroused among businessmen that he went into business himself. His first venture was an unlikely scheme to sell U.S. oil products in bulk to Palestine. The first shipment netted him $20,000, and in three years he had 40% of the market...
...barter its birthright to acquire a new scientific instrument, or some rare species of flora for the Arnold Arboretum, but when it comes to seeing the value of a thing like the Bach Organ, which reaches hundreds of people in a tangible, practical way, the Corporation draws a complete blank...