Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...long time ago in Newton, Iowa, old Fred Maytag, who died in 1937, dedicated a concrete mausoleum to the glory and preservation of dead Maytags. Last week, Chicago Newshawk Robert J. Casey reported from Newton that Maytags now molder in common dust, Iowa winters having weathered away the monumental box. Concluded philosophical Reporter Casey: "Maybe there is something significant about that." Certainly the creator of the Maytag washing machine would not have understood the peace that returned last week to his "City of 12,000 Friendly Folks." C. I. O. workers in the Maytag plant took...
...Senator Norris of Nebraska: "Felix Frankfurter is the most outstanding personality to continue and carry out the judicial philosophy of these great statesmen [the late Associate Justices Holmes and Cardozo]. The common people of America have faith in President Roosevelt. He will perpetuate that faith if he places Mr. Frankfurter on the Supreme bench...
...week unofficial tabulations revealed that the skirt, so far as length was concerned, was precisely where the summer left it - 13½ to 15½ in. from the ground. But full skirts, ranging from a gentle flare for daytime to romantic yard age for evening, were common, and observers who have watched this trend develop for several seasons conceded that this autumn it would probably be the rage...
...Esperantists translate delicate texts of French into Esperanto, then had two others turn them back into French; the final texts were almost identical with the originals. The language has only 16 simple rules of grammar, to which there are no exceptions. Its huge vocabulary is compounded from roots common to many languages. For instance, from the root pres (to print) are derived presajho (a piece of printed matter), represi (to reprint), presejo (a printing establishment), presigi (to have printed), presisto (a printer), presilo (a printing press), nepresebla (unprintable), presinda (worthy of printing), presacho (an abominable piece of printing...
...year history. The company also earned a surplus of $777,127, which it reinvested in the business. Kept intact was General Mills' proudest record: its stock is one of 18* listed on the New York Stock Exchange on which dividends ($6 on the preferred; $3 on the common) have been earned and paid without reductions since...