Word: dearth
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...done it back home. Every morning she got up at a little before 7 to get the Vice President's breakfast-always fruit, milk and toast. She had given up trying to find a maid. Almost every evening she cooked supper, sometimes sighing a little over the dearth of beefsteak, her husband's favorite dish. She does not smoke; her husband does not approve of women with cigarets...
...ought to be lumped together as a sort of 'Family Day' when we could remind people of parents' duties to children and vice versa." In her newspaper column, she offered a quick glimpse at Roosevelt family life: "Certainly in . . . our large family there is never a dearth of conversation! I am not sure that it is always pleasant, but . . . it is always stimulating...
Lieutenant J. E. Nettles, S. C., USN, coach of the new team, is not bothered by any dearth of talent, for he has five forwards well over 6 feet 2 inches who have college court experience. Dick Gilbert, who is expected to lead the attack, played in Madison Square Garden for a championship Duke University quintet. The tallest man on the squad, 6 foot 5 inch Bob Gottschling, was a starter for Manhattan College, while Jim Gallagher, an Irishman from Notre Dame, Bill Dearden from Ursinus, and Bill Bateman, a member of the 1943 Brown five, round out the crew...
During the past weekend some of the lands, finding the dearth of women in Boston unbearable, headed for the wide open spaces seeking the beauties of New England. Chick Henn and Ed Johnson Claim they found them in historic old Provincetown. Of course, that is not all they told...
Last week we were ready to petition the powers that be for the knife concession at Cowie. We figured it was the surest money maker since cost plus percentage of cost contracts were in force. Now, however, that the dearth of knives has been overcome, we're thinking of asking for the opportunity of selling places in line during the 0800-0830 rush...