Word: fatten
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...past years, this fee has been necessary in order to fatten Summer School finances, which were independent of the College's. Any extra revenue with which to bolster the budget was needed. In most cases students were either dropped Freshmen trying to get picked up again, dilettantes who took an auditor's pass anyway, or schoolteachers primarily interested in one or two specialized subjects, so there was little intellectual loss. But with 1800 undergraduates returning for the entire summer session, many of whom cannot officially take certain courses, yet must audit them for their general examinations, it is unfair...
...occasion of Morrison's wrath was an innocuous-looking cartoon whose bite was in its caption, "The price of petrol has been increased by one penny" (implying that British seamen were risking their lives to fatten the big corporations). As supporting evidence for his charge, Morrison quoted a paragraph from a Mirror editorial: "The accepted tip for Army leadership would, in plain words, be this: All who aspire to mislead the other in war should be brass-buttoned boneheads, socially prejudiced, arrogant and fussy. A tendency to heart disease, apoplexy, diabetes and high blood pressure is desirable...
...time he had moved to California, after striking a hard bargain with San Diego for land and facilities, his PBYs were making history in the Navy, and Consolidated was beginning to fatten. Today, with its $750,000,000 backlog, for all its mighty rushing river of production, Consolidated's San Diego plant is not enough. A factory is being built at Fort Worth, Tex. to turn out more B-24s, under Consolidated management; another at Tulsa, Okla., to be operated by Douglas Aircraft...
...Athos, and war and world depression have sharply cut all other income. The ancient sins of luxury have been increasingly apparent both outside and inside the holy ground. Vigorous young monks are rare. "We need young men today more than ever," one Athonite has said, "but they prefer to fatten their ephemeral bodies and clothe them in silk shirts and ties...
...fatten slip, the falling gown show bare...