Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were not contracted for subscriptions, anyone still desiring to order a copy of the Album should contract Harold S. Spear '48 at Lowell D-42, Thomas W. Cameron '48 at Winthrop H-31, B. Lyle Shafer '48 at Leverett K-41, Lloyd I. Rudolph '48 at Duster A-21, Austin L. Wyman, Jr. '48 at Adams C-26, Daniel D. Chabris '48 at Kirkland G-11, Leland E. Holly II '48 at Eilot 0-31, Paul J. Douglas '50 at the Dudley Hall desk, or 14 Plympton Street by mail...
...kept riding five or six races a day at fees of $10 for a losing mount and $25 for a win (now the rate is often $25 and $50), plus bonuses, plus his contract salary. His income was higher than many bank presidents'. Johnny now breeds horses and cattle on his own ranch, averages close to $100,000 a year by riding. What is his technique for winning a race? Says Johnny, with the air of a man who has made it all clear: "I just keep bitin' and chewin', bitin' and chewin...
...confusion in the newspaper offices and mistakes in the papers. "Making a correction is such an involved process," said one editor, "that we don't do it unless it's libel." But the publishers were chipper enough to think they would win their fight for a signed contract, instead of the unilateral conditions of employment - and closed shop -the I.T.U. had tried to impose...
...statement made after "thorough investigation," the AVC cited Frank Boland, hotel manager, for breach of contract, Mayor Lynch of Cambridge for terming Boland's action "rugged Americanism," the Amvets, who threatened to picket the dinner 400 strong if it were held, and former Cambridge councilman Christopher Carolina for allowing his campaign sound truck to protest the gathering "without adequate investigation of the circumstances...
...through a window pane. A gold reef appears like a black ridge. Diamonds give off individual vibrations. I cannot explain them." A Johannesburg mining syndicate was well content to let the explanations go, provided Pieter's sharp eyes continued to seek out treasures. They put the boy under contract as a dowser...