Word: comely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Napoleon was not the first invader to come that way. Hannibal struck from the northwest and many times in the Middle Ages and Renaissance raiders poured through the funnel-like passes that widen and slope downward into Italy. In modern times no Army has invaded France from Italy, but although the Po and its tributaries form a series of defensive positions at which Italians could check invaders who penetrate the mountain barrier, at the western end of the valley lie Turin and, further east, Milan, Italy's chief industrial centres. If they should fall, Italy's war days...
...Soon he had a score of offers for it-$200 from the University of Toronto, lesser sums from the Smithsonian Institution, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Western Ontario in London. "Numerous private collectors have standing offers in for it," said Dr. Smith, "but only one man has come close." Speculator Smith decided his prize was worth $10 a pound, demanded $800 or more...
...studio perched high above Madison Avenue, Stan Shaw, with an engineer and an assistant, stands watch over two turntables, a microphone, 10,000 records and two telegraph receiving machines. He gets anywhere from 150 to 250 request telegrams each morning. Most come from Manhattan's metropolitan area, but some regulars click in from far-away Florida and Ohio. Once Walter Winchell, whose favorite selection is Star Dust, sent Stan a 794-word telegram. One mysterious regular, Little Caesar, has sent as many as 20 telegrams in one morning, usually hailing Stan with "Hiya Skipper" and requesting selections...
...There just wasn't anything else I could do," said 29-year-old Osteopath Fisher to reporters last week. "'Red' and 'Black' will come along all right now, I guess, but even after we had this thing rigged up they nearly died. A couple of times we had to put the tubes clear through their nostrils, directly into their lungs...
...vice president and treasurer. After a miserable 1938 with a net deficit of $413,534, he was recently able to announce for the first half of fiscal 1939 a net profit of $37,090. No. 1 rule of Stetson's Philadelphia office: no hatless man is allowed to come in the front door...