Word: contractions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...France we have a tendency to think that the question of debts is effaced and abolished-that it has ceased to exist. On the other hand, I know that in American opinion it still exists. . . . And in France it was not sufficiently understood that this unilateral denunciation of a contract injured more among you than a sense of commercial probity-that it hurt moral sentiment...
...history of the Great Plains, showing how part of it became a dread "Dust Bowl" and how the Resettlement Administration was trying to rehabilitate its farmers. Critic Lorentz sold his idea, was at once chosen to direct the projected picture. Rather than have the film made on contract by an outside organization, he was put on the Resettlement Administration's payroll. By the time Lorentz was ready to begin shooting last September, he had employed a trio of cameramen, all able, all Left-wing in politics. Ralph Steiner, 37, gained fame as a still photographer, currently earns his bread...
...continue paying plump, blonde Operasinger Frieda Hempel, 51, $15,000 a year for the rest of her life. Thus aired was an interesting domestic relationship. In 1926 Singer Hempel divorced her husband, supposedly to wed Millionaire Hecksher. Year later, she sued Millionaire Hecksher for breaking an oral contract to pay her $48,000 a year to "sing for no one but him." Philanthropist Hecksher settled with a written contract to pay her $15,000 a year for life, in return for which he retrieved numerous letters he had written her. Having paid Frieda Hempel her annuity for seven years...
...because a lack of funds limits the number of highly paid positions open. With the above change, schedules would be lightened and the tension would be removed partially. To remove completely this tension, tenure in office should be guaranteed by longer appointments. All tutors should be given a preliminary contract guaranteeing two years of work; at the conclusion of this period they should either be dismissed or given a five year, or longer, appointment. This would remove entirely the insecurity which plagues tutors at present and would allow them adequate time to prove their worth. At the end of this...
Chances are that FCC will not force the issue. No action can be taken before next autumn at least, since Baritone Thomas has completed his year's contract with William R. Warner & Co. (Vince Mouthwash), is about to take a vacation. When he appeared on the Golden Rule Mother's Day program in Baltimore last Sunday there was no excuse for him to clash with FCC. Proud Dora Thomas from Towson was present while he sang. When queried about her son John's threat, she said: "I believe he means it. John is a Thomas...