Word: brunt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...today Mr. Grace is paid a straight salary of $180,000 per year. But old Chairman Charles Michael Schwab now gets his $250,000, good years or bad, and when the Bethlehem stockholders met in Newark, N. J. last week, the aging founder, present but not presiding, bore the brunt of the complaints. Loyally defending his chief from the chair, President Grace called Mr. Schwab a "real asset to the corporation...
...prince who must give up love for the duties of the throne and the good of his people--a decision which carries little conviction to a 1935 audience which likes to see its princes happy in the arms of their commoner sweethearts. Charles Butterworth and Una Merkel carry the brunt of the comedy burden on their capable shoulders...
This duty will fall on the shoulders of Dick Fletcher and Charley Kollinites, the Crimson's stellar guards who have been bearing the brunt of both attack and defense since bad luck jumped up and bit the Feslermen some weeks ago. Hopes are entertained that Jack Mason, Sophomore forward who has shown notable improvement, will be able to dent the Gothamite's iron-clad defense for some few tallies...
With two comparatively inexperienced Sophomores bearing the brunt of the attack, only a miracle, or another such display by the guards as was seen the other night will save the Feslermen from a debacle. In the face of these difficulties the spirit of the team remains strong -- witness the Syracuse game where Fletcher and Kollinites together rang up 24 of the team's points...
...rest of the cast act quite well from Nancy Sheridan as the oldest daughter on whom the brunt of the family troubles lie, down to young Richard Jack, who puts on a surprisingly fine performance as the young boy of the house. It is the task of the eldest child to keep the publicity loving mother and her nefarious actions from driving the rest of the family to distraction. The boy and his young sister, Helen Claire, take the eccentricities of their mother most sincerely to heart with the result that they are unable to stand the atmosphere she creates...