Word: fair
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been an added discouragement in the face of already drastic odds against tricky Frenchmen who will not honor a contract and hold to it after signing. Then too he has felt uncomfortable about landing in his own New York and now plans to land in Philadelphia. Is that fair...
...national memorial which Gutzon Borglum began to carve on the granite face of Mount Rushmore. "We have come home to dedicate a cornerstone that was laid by the hand of the Almighty," said the President. ķAt the annual carnival of the Rapid City Elks in the Alfalfa Palace fair grounds, President Coolidge saw a prize fight, smiled when Fisticuffer Brown nearly lost his balance swinging at Fisticuffer Gusk...
Governor William J. Bulow of South Dakota stood up at the state beauty contest at Yankton, S. Dak., to make a speech on the subject of the "World's Fair." Said he: "I did some talking lately and got into trouble. Therefore I am going to play safe tonight. It's a fine evening, isn't it. I am sure no one can disagree with that statement tonight. It is certainly a fine evening, isn't it? Good-night...
...found squarely blocking from view the disputed action of his right fist in the seventh round. The schools of contention all thrived and the films were virtually tripled in value. Every cinema spectator could still be his own referee on the thrust which men held, variously, had 1) landed fair, above Sharkey's high-waisted purple trunks; or 2) landed foul, on or near Sharkey's groin; or 3) inspired Sharkey to hope for a decision of foul, a hope cut short by the referee's silence and Dempsey's terrific chin smash...
Thesis YOUR MONEY'S WORTH-Stuart Chase & F. J. Schlink-Macmillan ($2).* The consumer seldom gets fair value for his money. He invests largely in the bright promises of clever copywriters, the seductive swing of an alluring slogan, the cumulative effect of millions of advertising dollars. He spends much more than he ought to pay for products that do much less than they claim to perform. "When the technique of advertising is arrayed on the side of the private balance sheet, may the Lord have mercy on the consumer's soul. . . ." Such is the Chase-Schlink thesis...