Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Second, restore common morals and intellectual morals in government. In a democracy or in a Christian country the ends do not justify any means...
...elected its finance committee chairman in 1927 was a realistic appraisal of its funded debt. In 1929, in the biggest industrial refinancing in U. S. history, he wiped out virtually all of it-$295,000,000-with money taken from surplus plus a $142,000,000 issue of common stock. But between 1932, when Myron Taylor became chairman of the board, and 1935 Big Steel lost $100,000,000. New plant construction & improvement took $123,000,000 in 1937, is expected to amount to $80,000,000 more in 1938. With steel production again on the skids, this added...
...Chief rushes to fires, not in a common red car which is reserved for lowly district chiefs, but in a shiny 1937 black Buick. However, to a remark that it must be enjoyable to be a fire chief, he sighed, "It's all work...
...bother to aim your guns because it won't do any good; just blaze away" was the order given to British soldiers during the Revolutionary War, asserted Charles T. Haven in the Upper Common Room of the Union last night...
...With the number of rowing fans still growing to enormous proportions; it is rumored that Weld Boat House has established a commission to measure the amount of crabs caught during the season. Overturned wherries and singles and swimmers stoutly battling the swift current of the river are now as common as the wandering Cambridge hoydens on the banks. But most interesting are the little stories about the Charles that are blown around the greens by gossipy winds...