Word: contentedly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Transcript has made a comment which has some merit. The comment was that the offense of the Lampoon's editors was a natural consequence of the Harvard administration's "policy of aristocratic and contemptuous indifference toward a group of unfortunate workers." After all, a university administration which has been content to evade and becloud a plain issue like the requirements for scrubwomen's wages under the State law and to make it necessary for a group of sensitive graduates to raise by public subscription money which the university really owed to these workers cannot complain if its undergraduate humorists adapt...
Minor Matters. On several minor points the Commission was firm and explicit, 1) Unlimited prescription of liquor by physicians. 2) Fixing the alcoholic content of cider and fruit juices now outside the law until proved "intoxicating in fact." 3) A 60% increase in the number of Dry agents, investigators, et al. 4) Legal access to wholesale and retail houses handling denatured alcohol products to check diversion. 5) Elimination of independent denaturing plants. 6) No extension of the Federal Search & Seizure...
...local corporation as a subsidiary of the national corporation. Retail sale would occur through branches of the State corporation to citizens holding permit books. Nothing could be drunk on the premises. Prices uniform everywhere would be fixed by the national corporation scaling upward in proportion to the alcoholic content of the beverage. Drunkenness or misbehavior would be grounds for revoking a citizen's permit book. Purchases would not be solicited; liquor would not be advertised...
Arrested on complaint of the elder Litsinger, Mrs. Blacklidge satisfied the Springfield police that she had been duped. Not content with this, Mr. Litsinger forwarded his accusations to the State's Attorney, charged Mrs. Blacklidge with complicity to defraud him, posted a reward of $2,000 for the three confidence men. He failed to identify notorious Jules ("Nicky") Arnstein of Manhattan as one of the cozeners...
Owners must provide food for their animals. Kangaroos are one of the cheapest animals to feed: they are content with a can of condensed milk, a few pounds of potatoes, a loaf of whole wheat bread daily. Good meat for dogs can be had for 10¢ a pound. But dog acts often require many animals. Last fortnight Bill Blomberg, vaudeville performer, stationed his 32 unemployed Alaskan huskies with Roofer McHugh, fed them about 50 Ib. of meat three times a week. Elephants eat the most. They need at least a $2.50 bale of hay every day. Living in Roofer McHugh...