Word: custom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been beaten in a specialty show limited to her own breed. No one expects a dog judge to explain which among a hundred fine-drawn points of form and carriage has made him place one perfect purebred above all others. But Judge Jarrett last week departed from custom to comment on his choice: "This is a wonderful fox terrier of the correct size, shown in good coat, put down well and splendidly handled. In fact, she won comfortably...
...question as to whether or not the additional time that would be required for this could be found is not as important as it would seem, for in one of those courses in which the papers are not returned it is the custom to read over A and E papers as many as six times. Although this is an exceptional case, it would seem to show that there is sufficient time to correct papers in such a way that they would be of help to the student...
...Counting Senatorial noses the President calculated that the opposition to his St. Lawrence Waterway Treaty had dwindled, that all but three votes necessary to pass it were available. C. To correspondents the President remarked: "When we inaugurated our custom of having informal press conferences last March there were some who shook their heads and said it couldn't last. Well, it has worked fine, and I don't see why it shouldn't continue for the next three years." A newshawk: "Three years, did you say, Mr. President?" For an instant the President's famed aplomb...
Dartmouth College, an American institution of higher education at Hanover, New Hampshire, last week held its Twenty-Fourth Annual Winter Carnival. According to custom the festivities were presided over by the Queen of the Carnival. This royal lady was chosen in the following manner: A committee of three deans stands beside the gate to the golf course where the outdoor celebration is held. As a young lady who measures up to the standards of Dartmouth passes through the gate, the deans point at her and shout "There's one," whereupon the fortunate girl is spirited away to the Outing Club...
...bankers, if they are to finance huge private enterprises, will have to make up their minds sooner or later to accept interest on a permanent debt, which Mr. Insull could have paid, and to give up their custom of demanding the principal of that debt at a time when Mr. Insull or no one else can pay it. The effort to put teeth into their demand has the predictable result: enterprises which they do not know how to manage are dumped into their hands. This has happened, in its most concentrated form, to the most concentrated of our financial operators...