Word: cheap
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Books cheap and dear, in leather, in paper, in boards, beautiful books and ugly ones, books to keep or to throw away are loaded daily in increasing lots upon a great U. S. public. Guardians of these truck- loads of print are the nation's librarians. Some think their duty is to furnish useful knowledge to all. But is it? Have they not already ruined the high aristocracy of thought in vulgarizing education? Should not a large part of the people-the simple, kindly folk-be left in ignorance so that they may carry on the world...
...pass into the hands of those who would devote it to cheap amusement." St. Louis. The "Muny Opera" of the Municipal Theatre Association of St. Louis opened its 13th season three weeks ago. Once devoted mainly to light opera- Gilbert & Sullivan, Johann Strauss, Franz Lehar et al.-it has acquired a revolving stage, a number of onetime Shubert musical comedy singers, and last year a Shubert director, Milton I., nephew of Producers Lee & Jake (TIME, June 9. 1930). Its productions are now more in the Broadway manner than in that of the Savoy or the Strauss-Theater (see below...
...this new and drastic rule, Mr. Forbes made three exceptions. New Zealand being a pastoral country, needs plenty of rubber boots and wire. Also she is not averse to buying paper cheap from Canada's famed mills. Therefore all kinds of Canadian rubber boots, Canadian wire of certain kinds, and Canadian paper of certain types will continue to enter New Zealand by "imperial preference...
...Export of certain foodstuffs (tomatoes, rice, meat, etc.) from Spain was forbidden by decree. Reason: shrewd foreigners have been buying pesetas dirt cheap, using them to buy Spanish food dirt cheaper, thus depleting Spain of things to eat at an alarming rate...
Firmly do U. S. churchmen, Jewish leaders above all, cling to a privilege accorded them under the 18th amendment: the use of authentic, alcoholic wine for their sacraments. On the Continent wines are cheap, their sale unrestricted, their use in churches unchallenged. But in Scotland, home of many a fine whiskey, there are no indigenous wines and' a stiff duty is added to the cost of those imported. The Church of Scotland at its General Assembly last week passed a resolution advocating the use of nonalcoholic wines in Holy Communion...