Word: boomingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Batista now brags that before he quit a year later he could make a suit of clothes himself. Afterward he worked in a grocery store and bar, as a railroad fireman, engineer, conductor. Once he studied to be a barber. In the sugar boom of 1920, Cuba's Dance of the Millions, he was administrator of an Oriente cane plantation and likes to recall how he spurned his chances then to enrich himself dishonestly. Next year he entered the army as an infantry private. He was smart enough to study shorthand, which enabled him to win a competitive army...
This year the polling Literary Digest announced that college drinking was in the course of a "great boom," although of 581 U. S. colleges, 436 forbid students to drink at all, 105 have restrictions, only 40 have no special rule. Stanford severely provides that "the possession, transportation or use of intoxicating liquors ... in the university shall be grounds for expulsion." Perhaps the most lenient administration is Harvard's. Students may not only drink what & when they like, but they may charge cracked ice and soda water on their term bills. Princeton men are not allowed to drink in their...
...this sounded even more like boom times when Bergen Trust's Vice President F. H. Dieckman declared: "The whole thing resulted from the failure of the New York group of stockholders who control the institution to meet the demands of the FDIC. Local officers of the bank have attempted to handle its affairs conscientiously, but the power lies with the group of New York interests." The New Jersey Banking Commissioner chimed in that "certain alleged irregular practices" had been under "surveillance...
Like flowers that bloom in the spring, this year's crop of sports which are puffing out their chests and clamoring for admission to the ranks of the majors is swelling to boom proportions. For now that basketball has gone over the top and gained acceptance among the small group of major "H" activities, swimming has reared itself up and with the vigor of old Triton himself has clarioned out the same demand. And there is much to be said in favor of raising swimming to the high ranking group...
With the boom of the fireworks still in their ears, an art squabble that has been busying the Washington press for several weeks suddenly made Washington realize that last week's Cherry Blossom Festival might be the last for many years to come. To honor the memory of First Democrat Thomas Jefferson (in the words of the Republican Washington Post): "A terrain world famous for its beauty would become a replica of a western mining camp. A decade would scarcely suffice to restore its present charm." Back of the battle over Washington's Tidal Basin stands the amiable...