Word: crudely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dealer in South Dakota is not a happy one. Last year, during the period of crude overproduction, prices for gasoline were kept fairly high until Gov. W. H. McMaster intervened. So many of the oppressed farmers of South Dakota own and operate Fords and even more elaborate motor cars that the price of gasoline is of more than academic interest. The Governor saw the chance for a political ten-strike and he took...
...yellow journalism is usually practiced by those who go about in a cloak of respectability, wrap themselves up in a scarf of fairness and wear the hat of honest citizenry. Freud coupled the instinct of prudery with the instinct of license. Yellow journalism caters to both groups. The crude form attacks the character of a man without giving his defense, and serves as pimp to the sensation lovers of the community. The refined form attacks a man's opinions without giving him a hearing and purveys to the prejudices of the opposed group. The Christian Science Monitor...
...imaginative travel books based on fact, he creates romances with a background of his own experiences in which god-like heroes, heroines and villains move simply and struggle with the problems of life in the large. He paints his scenes with a delicate brush and his people with broad, crude strokes...
That break in crude shards from my mind...
This Spring, however, several things happened. Oil companies raised the price of crude, and again wildcatters began to bring in new crude production. Meanwhile the optimistic predictions of car makers suffered a rude jolt, and curtailment of car production became general throughout the industry. On top of this, the cold Spring dampened the enthusiasm of the motorist. In consequence, consumption of gasoline has not been extraordinary. But stocks of gasoline reached the wholly unprecedented figure of 1,600,000,000 gallons at the end of April. The indefatigable Governor McMasters of South Dakota is underselling the refineries from stocks purchased...