Word: broad
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harding '30 at the piano and otherwise supplied numerous comic touches and deserves whatever laurels are awarded the leading spirit. No, wait a minute those laurels will have to be divided with Marshall Stearns '30 whose broad portrayal of the heroine's mother was an equally bright piece of work. W. W. Ryan '30 found that filling the shoes of the late lamented Messrs. Wilson and Melcher was no easy job. In the face of an insurmountable handicap he did a creditable...
Another protective device fixed in most planes nowadays is a broad canvas belt to be strapped across the passenger's lap. It keeps him from being tossed out of an open plane and, in case of crash, from being hurled the length of the cabin. When necessary he can unfasten the belt in less than one second...
...devote her entire time to this object because of the necessity of spending some of it correcting her mother's grammar. Mrs. Fiske returns to her old role with all the vivacity of a young and eager actress and does not hesitate to make use of the broad clowning and reversible inflections that were considered high technique in 1911. Her performance is glowingly amusing. In addition there is a brilliant bit of character acting by Sidney Toler as a tombstone salesman...
Like the oilmen, the silkmen desire a limitation of production agreement. Last year a monthly average of 94.5% of all broad looms were in operation. Huge surpluses of finished silk are stacking up in warehouses. Buyers are holding back, waiting for a price break. Like the oilmen, the silkmen need Government acquiescence in an agreement. But the government, much though it might like to, is too tangled up with anti-trust legislation to help or acquiesce in either oil or silk plans (see National Affairs...
...cartel would be chiefly the official recognition of a working agreement which has for some time existed between U. S. railmakers and cartel members. U. S. industry on the whole has been somewhat wary about joining cartels, fearing prosecution under anti-trust laws. But the government is much more broad-minded concerning what U. S. industry may do abroad than concerning what it may do at home and one obvious method of meeting cartel competition is to become a cartel member...