Word: catering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Webster's New International Dictionary says that as a verb "pander" may mean "to cater," which is about the sense in which it was used in the passage cited. As a noun Webster says it may mean "an intermediary; an interagent," but adds that this meaning is "rare...
...like zebras?either white horses with black stripes, or black horses with white stripes. We know they are not horses and some, people think they are assess but each ass can vote; and one of the inconveniences of republican government is that U.S.-born citizens "think it necessary to cater to these votes...
...This is noble, but not exciting. For what substance has it? The serious-minded and highly specialized young men . . . would be quite likely to find themselves waiting for employment until the moving pictures cater to serious-minded and highly specialized audiences."?The New York World...
TIME Wilmington, Del. New York, N. Y. May 22, 1925. Gentlemen: A year ago, your paper solicited subscriptions from teachers because TIME would be so useful in Enclosed- the is the classroom! reason for discontinuing my subscription. If you cater to the cheap class of thinkers, you should not presume to advertise for classroom teachers' approbation. F. W. CROWELL Rainbow-Hued...
...bias. This trend began during the war and is now predominant. The CRIMSON has no interests controlling it and so it is live where its contemporaries are dead. Its life is mirrored in its editorials, which express a definite, forceful opinion in great contrast to a journal which must cater to its public...