Word: collars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...well after 11 before husky, broad-shouldered Governor Landon, his collar-ends flapping and his short, iron-grey hair rumpled, showed up at his office in the State House for his 11 o'clock press conference. Seven newshawks were waiting for him. "Well, well, look who's here," twanged the Governor, a wide smile crinkling his plain, friendly face. "Top o' the mornin' to you all." Slouched back in his chair, brown eyes half-closed behind his octagonal rimless spectacles, the Governor talked about the weather, a fishing trip he planned to take, the lack...
...jobs in the year ending July 1. Roads and streets topped the new WPA list with an allotted $413,250,000, followed by public buildings ($156,750,000), parks ($156,750,000), public utilities ($171,000,000), flood control ($128,250,000), white-collar projects ($85,500,000), women's projects ($85,500,000), miscellaneous work projects ($71,250,000), National Youth Administration ($71,250,000) and $85,500,000 for rural rehabilitation...
...that one visitor might never know who his other visitors were. German newshawks, if they wanted an interview with Dr. Berliner, had to catch him en route to the railroad station. Somewhere in his numerous locked brief cases Austria's insurance Napoleon kept a toothbrush and a stiff collar. He had no other baggage...
...later obliged to call in a general practitioner to treat a "puzzling pleurisy" which Medical Student Newcomer soon developed. She recovered, was graduated and licensed to practice medicine, went to Paris for postgraduate study, returned to Manhattan "to establish and run semi-public clinics for the so-called white-collar classes." She learned enough about what patients think of doctors to publish an emotional book on the subject last week...
...biologist stood aghast. In particular he fixed his stare upon a Roman Catholic priest who was handling the little coppers as merrily and as diligently as the best of them. The biologist began to suspect a Moonface Munn and wondered if that collar was really continuous or merely put on backwards. The ecclesiastic looked up from his unholy rites met the challenging gaze of the interloper and smiled sheepishly. The biologist felt his fears confirmed...