Word: cut
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most--interesting of the recent sales has been that of a perfect copy of Dickens' "Pickwick Papers" for $28,000. If money can be considered a criterion of any value, it apparently indicates in this case that the plump little Mr. Pickwick still does not fall to cut a favorable figure, while the Messrs. Weller and Snodgrass empty the wine keg. Such characters as these are too well established in literature to be dislodged by any trifling fancies of the time...
Last night, Mayor Nichols declined to name any of the board members, although he said their decision would be announced tomorrow; neither did he say whether the members were policemen or dramatists. This board may deliver an ultimatum as to certain lines which must be cut before presentation, or it may refuse to allow the play in Boston on any conditions...
...unusually keen-cut terms the Mahatma proposed that the Congress deliver to the British Government an ultimatum in the following sense...
...Unwarranted intrusion!" cried President Franklin D. Mooney of the Ward Line. Vowed Chairman T. V. O'Connor of the Shipping Board: "The service of the President Roosevelt will be continued as long as that of the Caronia." Switching from ethics to economics, the Ward Line began a price-cutting struggle. Already 10% lower than the Caronia's schedule, first-class fares were slashed 25% more, to $120, round trip. The United Fruit Co., operating four ships, and the Munson Line, planning only one winter trip, followed suit. Cunard rates remained at $175, gave no indication of meeting...
...twelve reputable citizens of full age," three court officials, two physicians, seven keepers, a clergyman, the executioner (a skilled electrician). The warden must also attend the scene himself. Warden Lawes says that he has received more than 700 applications for the job of executioner, many of them offering cut-rate prices...