Word: fining
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...distinction is a fine...
...Progressive miners under the jurisdiction of John Lewis' United Mine null They read of Roosevelt Son-in-law John Boettiger, publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, bitterly protesting an NLRB decision, but stating he would take no further action because he did not want to jeopardize his fine relations with the American Newspaper Guild. They heard talk of an NLRB "goon squad," of the Board having relations with a union of its own employes, which it forbade industry, office delays, annoyances, talebearing, favoritism. They heard read into the record a letter from the Cincinnati regional director to Mr. Witt...
...modern cases, the possibility of producing fine books in large volume is demonstrated by the achievements of contemporary Russian, French, Italian, and German presses. Their editions were issued very cheaply, in tens or hundreds of thousands, but the calibre of printing and illustration is still high...
...generally reputed that a Frenchman's heart is four times the size of his brain, and this is probably why the French are able to produce a movie like "Generals Without Buttons," the current attraction at the Fine Arts. For it is hard to imagine Hollywood giving any attention to a story about a fend between two villages, one of which wanted rain for its cabbages, and the other of which wanted sun for its grape vines...
...then, one winter, Vag made a disturbing discovery. Be found that it didn't matter whether he wrote to you at all. Incredible as it seemed just a few suggestions to Father seemed to do the trick. The presents came through fine just as ordered. And so faith in Santa went into serious decline. In fact, speaking seriously, Santa, nothing ever went into Vag's ashean quite so completely before or since. Except the stork. For a while, Father, like an old silly, kept dressing up like you every Christmas. But it was a pretty dismal flop--and he gave...