Word: catered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...like to congratulate TIME on the splendid manner in which it handled the story of the execution of Bruno Hauptmann [TIME, April 13]. It was refreshing to see that at least one periodical had the good taste to give the mere facts and leave out the superfluous details which cater to the sordid imagination of a morbid public...
...aviator's outfit Baritone Crawford was frankly out to cater to his audience. He distributed a list of 100 songs, offered to sing any 14 that were most in demand. His repertory was impressively wide, ranging from Brahms lieder to Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Three of the loudest requests were for the Toreador's song from Carmen; De Glory Road, now popular because of Baritone Lawrence Tibbett; and The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a Crawford composition...
...railroad to the Afghan border, the forts of New Chaman and Pishin. This is the land of the fanatic, black-bearded Pathans. And at Quetta, to draw their teeth, are stationed a British division, the Indian Staff College, a Royal Air Force training school and Sir Alexander Norman Ley Cater, 55-year-old bald bachelor and Agent to the Governor General...
...time is bound to be spent in the role of a business executive. Likewise, he must be an accomplished diplomat, not to say politician. His museum exists through the support of the public and the rich patrons who usually make up his board of directors. He must, therefore, cater to these people, and with the money thus placed at his disposal, (usually with innumerable strings attached) he tries to maintain in the execution of his tasks not too unpopular quality standards. A difficult...
...offered is not sufficient. A group of a dozen Middle Western students at Harvard is only a beginning to the ambitious program proposed. But where there is conviction and determination like that of Harvard's president, a way will eventually be found to make it possible for Harvard to cater in a considerable way to outstanding students from the West. --Michigan Daily...