Word: bottomly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...history and functions of Union Committee, see feature at bottom of page...
...Colfax-Baxter, a study in oils of Mr. Palmiston's Derby winner, Blue Bolt. When wife (Rosalind Russell) and crony (Robert Benchley) walk out on him, taking much of life's beauty and all of its humor back to Washington Square, Painter Montgomery hits the skids. Near bottom his eye lights on a ghetto lad selling flowers. He collars him, explains to the boy's dubious mother that he wants to paint the lad. Says she: ''What color?" From then on Mammon begins losing rounds. The escapade winds up with reconciled principals pushing puffy...
...scattered to be conclusive and the market slide was not to be stopped so easily. It broke to the lowest lows since 1935, then continued dizzily downward driving Dow-Jones industrial averages some ten points lower to 125. U. .S. Steel led the way, going to a new bottom of $61.50-less than half of the year's high ($126.50). New York Central fell to $17.50, lower even than in 1932 when Delaware & Hudson's shrewd President, Leonor F. Loree, thought it a great bargain and bought his road 495,000 shares in the open market...
...Ritz Brothers are the heroes of the occasion, however. Every time the men on the bench jump up to follow a play they move up three places from the bottom. By the time they are sitting beside the coach he is ready to send in what he thinks is the second-string back-field. Instead it is the Ritz Brothers who prevail on the captain not to accept substitutes by offering him a large bribe. After being penalized about 40 yards for their antics on the field one of them throws a long forward pass, catches it himself and runs...
...certain of a job. Even in the Depression some business schools placed every member of their graduating classes. Between 1931 and 1934 in the nation as a whole unemployment among these graduates was only 15%, far less than in any other educational group. The less lucky start at the bottom as office boys at $15 a week, but the average beginning salary is $1,500 a year and a few move right into executive positions at more than...