Word: fitfully
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Testily in Washington, Rear Admiral Alfred W. Johnson, who supervised two and a half years ago Nicaragua's Congressional elections, said: "I must point out that Sandino is not a fit subject for hero worship...
...great advantage of taking trouble off the shoulders of the faculty, and of conserving time. In this respect, it is a plan which might well be followed by other sections of the University, where no exam is ever graded on time, and where the rule is made to fit the case as it arises, with consequent loss of time and money. Sentimental lovers of the calm and gentle may grumble, and cling to their outworn ways; the cold, gem-like flame that animation the bowels of Converse will burn on, unflickering...
...skin of the face, the adjoining parts of the scalp, the mucous membrane lining of nose & throat and from the teeth and eyes. A sudden bright light may cause a sneeze, as may a strong odor. Diseased teeth, sinuses, nose or throat may affect the trigeminus, arouse a prolonged fit of sneezing. An occasional sneeze is good exercise for deep chest and head muscles. This explains, apart from the narcotic effect of nicotine, the pleasure many derive from taking snuff...
...high, 500,000 New York Central shares would have cost D. & H. $125,000,000. At Depression figures Mr. Loree picked them up through J. P. Morgan & Co. for $10.000,000. With the leverage that a 20% interest gives him, he would not have to wait long to fit little D. & H. into New York Central's big system, if that is his intention. The fact that Central owes some $80,000,000 to banks and the R. F. C. did not seem to bother him at all last week...
...succeed him as secretary-treasurer. One brother is dead; one left the show business to become a Christian Science reader. Barney Balaban is 46, bald, quiet, reserved, able. He rides horseback nearly every morning. In the silent picture days it was he who thought of having orchestra scores to fit the picture's moods...