Word: dourness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most of its 2.100 words he observed that "the instructions [SEC's] not only permit but invite the omission of such detail." offered in comparison a model prospectus of his own covering the same ground in 250 words. C. "Silly," said Western Union Telegraph Co.'s dour old Vice President John Calvin Willever last week of newspaper reports that Western Union and Postal Telegraph were about to be prosecuted for violation of the anti-trust laws. Prudence, said Mr. Willever, had dictated that in some cities each company should maintain its offices far enough from the other...
...telegraph companies had to reckon with long distance telephone rates now halved, for example, between Chicago and New York. Their response was to work out with the delighted FCC a new scale of night rates embodying the principle of graduated volume discounts which Western Union's dour Vice President John Calvin Willever (TIME, Nov. 2) has long yearned to extend to every type of telegram. Effective June i, the ten-word night message and 50-word night letter were abolished, a new, 25-word minimum night message introduced which could be sent anywhere...
According to dour executive vice president Jonathan Eddy, the organization's professional, permanent chief who is satirically known to the membership as "the laughing boy from Connecticut," 47 Guile wage and working condition agreements are now in effect, where only seven flourished a year ago. The 47 current agreements cover 78 newspapers (many of them chainpapers). Membership in the twelve-month had increased from 5,716 to 11,112. The treasury had $231 on hand last year, $10,049 this year. A $20,000 war chest is to be collected. In one important aspect, however, the Guild remained unchanged...
...From the time she could toddle, Dancing-Master Borodin drilled and drove her, his heart set on making her a great ballerina. Irina had no time or strength left for thoughts about her own heart until, just as the time was drawing near for her debut, she met dour young Doctor Ivan. Ivan thought dancing and dancers ridiculous, but not Irina. They took each other so seriously that old Borodin had to order her back to her professional duty. Ivan was furious when she obeyed...
...rustle of gowns in their leather chairs behind the mahogany bench in their temple-like Chamber of the Supreme Court of the United States. To the sentimental crowd which jammed the Court room to see this farewell appear ance, the Justices looked unusually cheer ful and healthy. Even dour Justice McReynolds was smiling as if he had swal lowed some kind of a canary. But all eyes were on Justice Willis Van Devanter, whose retirement was to become effective next day. He came in pink cheeked, with a lively stride, his gown open showing his white shirt front...