Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...round the fat figure 5 in the corners he writes: "No merest tyro in the draughting-room of a wallpaper plant that catered to the Wisconsin Scandinavian trade would be allowed to combine shapes in this brutal and reckless fashion." The 5 bothers him particularly. He reproduces its black bulk on one page followed for comparison by seven 55 from the fonts of celebrated designers. Overleaf is a little drawing of a fat harridan leaning against the Treasury's figure while a slender nymph stands by a modern 5 of Dwiggins design. Then he says...
Left, By George L. ("Tex") Rickard, sports promoter who died three years ago; an estate of approximately $184,000 (originally appraised at more than $500,000). To his relict, Maxine Elliot Rickard, and daughter will go the bulk of the fortune. Among the assets were worthless stocks of 53 corporations, nearly as many personal notes of no value. His interest in the Miami dog-race track, which cost him $250,000, was sold for $10,000. For his yacht Maxine (purchased from Walter P. Chrysler) the estate received...
...Passed five bills designed to increase postal revenues by $11,750,000 per year by upping registered mail fees, C. O. D. fees, domestic money order fees, opening parcel post to publications in bulk and charging publishers a second-class entry...
...interest. Match-man Kreuger at the time was so well entrenched in India that he could afford to exclude that vast market from the Bryant & May deal. Swedish Match operates chiefly through subsidiaries. Of these the most important is International Match, a U. S. corporation which holds the bulk of Swedish Match's foreign interests and earned...
Until a covered rink is available at Soldiers Field, the Athletic Association can provide opportunities for only varsity and freshman team candidates to play. In the meantime the great bulk of undergraduates are missing participation in a sport that lends itself most harmoniqualy to a winter program. The New England winters are such now that outdoor skating can be guaranteed for only a few days. The Association is convinced that the present condition never can be remedied by open rinks at the field. H. A. A. News...