Word: familiarity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...continued: "In building materials and construction, we should have to abandon the board measure and substitute square decimeters, centares or ares. Doors which are familiar to all builders as 2 ft. 8 in. by 6 ft. 8 in. become 762 by 2,032 millimeters. An ordinary brick 51 by 101 millimeters. The sizes of sash also are converted into strange units. All architect's drawings will be in new units, involving a most perplexing conversion of current building material units or made upon a system that will involve changes in all woodworking machinery to meet metric units...
...Conrad piece is a sea sketch about a wandering son home after 16 years. It is in a mood made familiar by the short sea plays of Eugene O'Neill. And in this case it is by no means stubborn patriotism that encourages the report that the O'Neill plays are considerably superior...
...first test of any job is, of course, the standing and reputation of the concern. If a firm has been doing business over a period of years; if it is sound; if it enjoys a good reputation, preferably if it is nationally known, or at least is familiar to the people who are its legitimate prospects; if it has for some years been putting out satisfactory products, it meets this first test...
Franklin P. Collier will speak at the Union this evening at 7.30 o'clock. He will be accompanied by Mr. Otto Grow who by now is familiar to most CRIMSON readers. He has already contributed an interview and a review of the Lampoon to the daily columns...
...pivot, Mrs. Craig, is the familiar type of woman who worships meticulously at the shrine of her Lares and Penotes. These household gods are her all, and it follows that she spends at least a third of her rather selfish life in preserving the domestic perfection of every absurd detail. The author, by taking a small, self-centered soul and depicting its fussy quirks with well-seasoned finesse, has converted her into an entertaining dramatic study...