Word: detailing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...everybody the impression that terrible things went on." Echoed Mrs. Grace Whittredge: "Gossip! The reputation of our family in town is beyond reproach." Asked repeatedly to tell what her charges were, old Miss Smith let it be known that she had not investigated and would not press them in detail, but still wanted Miss Hallin to resign for "professional reasons." Students began to picket Miss Smith's house with such placards as WE WANT FAIR PLAY! GIVE THE HOME GIRL A CHANCE...
...This Juliana did with becoming Dutch delicacy in these words: "Nooit had iets mij kunnen weerhouden alle deelen van het programma mee te maken, waren het niet-op zichzelf verheugende-gezond-heidsredenen geweest, die u zeker wilt verstaan en billijken." ("Nothing would ever have kept me from enjoying every detail of the festive program with which you have welcomed us to Amsterdam had it not been for reasons of my health-in themselves joyful-which you certainly will understand and make allowances...
TIME states: "Frankensteen's own account of the battle, as given in detail to the Communist Daily Worker...
Minister Frick at once hustled Actress Riefenstahl from the room. When she returned to her apartment she found a detail of Brownshirts already at the door. All her furniture was already piled in a waiting truck. Obviously the whole thing had been staged. Half prostrate, Leni Riefenstahl was hustled to a quiet nearby hotel. What has since become of her, Paris-Soir did not venture...
...credit, issued by the store's credit department, is given to the sales clerk, who notes on the letter the amount of each purchase, the customer being able to buy up to the limit of the letter but no more. Also widely used are "budget plans," varying in detail but all alike on one prime point-any type of merchandise can be bought on credit, paid for in installments...