Word: fingerer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...regard to the Fuller Brush Co. [TIME, March 22]. The issuance of door-to-door peddling licenses has gotten to be quite a racket in some of the smaller towns of this Slate. If a farmer goes to town with a load of peaches or watermelons they take his finger prints like he was a criminal. Some peddlers have learned to drive by the Mayor's home and leave a big watermelon or bushel of peaches. Then things are hunka dory. Insurance men get in a town and make a stand in with those in power then they keep...
...critic, Columnist David Lawrence, pointed a monitory finger at Section 5299 of the U. S. revised statutes. That law says that whenever "domestic violence, unlawful combinations, or conspiracies in any State" so obstruct the execution of its laws as to ''deprive any portion or class of the people'' of their rights it shall be lawful for the President "and it shall be his duty" to use Federal force to restore order. Another newer critic, Columnist Walter Lippmann, wanted to know whether the President would be any better equipped to deal with strikes...
...centre of gravity lies in the sacrum (base of the spine). When the human animal stands properly erect, an imaginary line should cut the nose, chin, breastbone and crotch. Another imaginary line should drop from the mastoid, in front of the shoulder joint, through the elbow and little finger (palm turned to the rear), side of knee and ankle. This is achieved by standing with feet together, shoulders held back, abdomen tucked in, buttocks clenched...
...members to the Committee, the house sports should not be overlooked, particularly in view of their growth when watered by the new monies. It is significant that the Student Council was chosen to report on the college opinion towards sports, an indication of Quincy Street's knowledge that its finger is not on the student pulse, and that the present hierarchy of representation does not truly represent...
Declared Mrs. Greneker: "They will stimulate the dexterity of fingers and make us more sensitive, rhythmical and free in finger movement. The five digits, instead of corrupting freedom of movement, will support and complement each other." That the inventor of Fingertips received such a volume of good-humored publicity for her gadgets was largely attributable to the fact that she is the wife of Claude Greneker, veteran pressagent for Broad way's play-producing Brothers Shubert...