Word: bro
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Close-Mouthed Wives. While the presidents were in their counting house, their wives were in the parlor, discussing bread & honey. At a special session for the ladies, Mrs. Albin C. Bro, whose husband is president of Frances Shinier College, complained that a wife was nothing but a "janitor without portfolio ... At dinner parties, she must display the brilliance of an Einstein . . . Her basic rule in entertaining should be to do everything so well that all the trustees' wives will be proud of her-but not so well that her teas will run the risk of being distinguished . . . She should...
...point is, if you remEmerson, those Wagsters in DeCamp of New Haven beat us and sent us on our bro-Conway back to Cambridge, claiming they were our Masters...
...Worst Enemy. In Köge, Denmark, Police Chief Vagn Bro raced in front of a train at a crossing, raced right on to the police station, fined himself 50 kroner for reckless driving...
...There are too many people . . . who think that the Kingdom of God is just something you hire a preacher to worry about so the congregation can relax." In fact, said 27-year-old Rev. Harmon H. Bro of the Christian Church of Lanark, Ill., his church's 100 members were so relaxed that only about 30 attended services regularly, and church revenue was steadily declining. "This calls for a drastic step," he added. "The only thing I can think of is to set an example...
Last week, Harvard Divinity School Graduate Bro went to work as a section hand for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad. At 85? an hour, 48 hours a week, his monthly earnings will be about $175-$25 less than his church pay. "As long as necessary," he said, he would support himself by other means and serve the church without salary...