Word: contract
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because of the failure of H. Starr Caldwell '37 to carry out his contract with undergraduates for the sale of their second-hand books, Alexander K. Livingston '37, manager of the Student Enterprise with which Caldwell claimed association, has taken over the task of settling his accounts, it was learned last night...
...joined Glenn Martin at Los Angeles as chief engineer, left in 1917 to become chief designer for the aviation section of the U. S. signal corps. In 1920 Donald Douglas, at 28, started his own company, on a shoestring. He won a Navy contract against heavy competition, built four planes for the Army's round-the-world flight in 1924, concentrated on military aviation until...
...procession of grimy trucks and creaky wagons bearing big placards wound slowly through the deep, dim streets of downtown Manhattan one lunch hour last week. Wastepaper dealers were holding a parade against their luckless lot. Under contract at 15¢ per cwt. to empty the trash baskets of Wall Street's tall towers, they were unable to sell their wares for any price at all. Whereas a year ago they could get as much as 70¢ per cwt. for this waste they were now having to pay a big incinerator a fee to dispose...
...start two fashion fads: red hair ribbons and black silk stockings. Previously she had been a chanteuse in French cafés, had made French shorts. While in The Ace, she used to fly to Paris every week-end to see the races at Longchamps. Her first Hollywood contract contained a clause making it compulsory for her to speak perfect English in 100 days. Before the time expired, studio officials made her stop using slang, which she learned from Maurice Chevalier. Ignoring the current vogue for inaccessibility in imported film players, Ketti Gallian appeared at parties all dressed up, gave...
From the great West appeared John G. Brown, counsel for the Montana Bankers Association, with a dour warning: "When, today they can destroy a contract between man and man, tomorrow some theorist may destroy a solemn contract between man and woman...