Word: curbings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rather Be Right after its summer holiday. A week or two hence rehearsals will start on a third Rodgers & Hart show, The Boys from Syracuse, which they are doing with Playwright-Producer George Abbott. Their tunes are whistled in the street, clunked out by hurdy-gurdies on the curb. The press, fumbling for a phrase to describe them, invariably ends with one that is glib but nevertheless significant: the U. S. Gilbert & Sullivan...
...lousy, I am a louse," required 456 assembled agents to boo him. Scores of others swore that similar stimulants were commonly used by the three companies, complained particularly that agents were penalized for unavoidable lapses in old policies, finally induced the New York and Massachusetts Legislatures to curb that practice...
...President put this program on his Must list for the special session last fall, let it be forgotten when the ruckus within TVA broke out. Last bill on the subject submitted was "National Planning Act of 1938" by Representative Joseph Mansfield of Texas, which proposed to curb floods, improve navigation, conserve water, soil, forests, etc., did not mention Power...
...infield, three lakes in tiers gurgled at one another by means of connecting waterfalls, squadrons of swans were kept in line by a female swanherd dressed in yellow satin. A three-piece swing band furnished the proper notes in the clubhouse bar. Waiters in white jackets provided "curb service" to the boxes, seats were equipped with gadgets to hold glasses and plates right side up during the excitement of the races. There was even a soda fountain for teetotalers. But the paddock was the last word-a sound proof, roofed amphitheatre where 3,500 spectators chattered between races without disturbing...
...President Conant any right to attempt to curb student interest in the social sciences by reducing the personnel in that field? Is the uniform conservatism of the Harvard economic faculty a matter of policy or coincidence? In either case, is it damaging to the university? Should a university president respect the views of his leading faculty members, or is he justified in following only the dictates of his own opinions? In the course of such an examination we may run squarely into the question of whether, as an individual, President Conant is the right sort to manage...