Word: concerns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Giggly." The President stayed for almost three hours. Despite his concern he enjoyed himself, was delighted as usual both with his mother's pride & pleasure and her occasional sharpness of tongue. She was waiting expectantly to hear his radio speech from Mexico-once she had confided: "I'm not a giggly woman, but I can't help smiling when people cheer at the mention of Harry's name...
...that the College program was rumbling down the alley with increasing speed, surpassing in some houses the amazing $4.60 average donation of last summer's campaign. With the exception of one well-padded hardease who responded to the solicitor's pleas with a zine penny, students have expressed sincere concern and admirable generosity towards the tubercular scholars of Greece and China. However, the College comprises only one of the four zones of University effort, and its remarkable showing is dangerously off-set by the disappointing record of the faculty and the 900 non-resident students...
...yardsticks were developed by educators who wanted to improve on McGuffey. Gunning simply measures the number of words per sentence (a good average for newspaper stories: 16-20), the number of abstract words per 100 words, etc. He has no concern with felicity of phrase, or the worth of what a man is trying to say. Last week, after surveying editorials in half a dozen big U.S. papers, Gunning told what he found: "Most editorial writers seem to confuse dignity with pomposity. Their marathon sentences, foggy words and abstractions put their pieces completely out of reach...
...strength of a nation rests on the family; 2) the off-again-on-again marriages of Hollywood stars set a bad national fashion-and are at least partly responsible for the soaring U.S. divorce rate; 3) Hollywood marriage, therefore, is not a private affair but a matter of public concern. Dr. Goldstein sums up: "The social responsibility that rests upon each one of us demands that our private life be equal in moral tone and inspiration to our public performance...
...Dear Mr. Hall: I am glad to hear that your horseless carriage is giving you the satisfaction that I felt sure it would. As to the tires, you need have no concern. They are made of real rubber and are five-eighths of an inch thick...