Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pants, and jorseys had been ordered for the Dartmouth game. They arrived on Friday, October 26, but it was discovered that although special fittings had been made, that nothing seemed to fit any player. As a result of this, the makers had to be called from Boston to make new measurements. Every jersey had to fit a special player because the numbers sewed on the backs had already been printed in the A. A. News...
When Mack Sennett became a director his comedies were soon pushing Griffith's pictures for popularity. He started his own company, called it Keystone Comedy Co. Thanks to a totally inefficient Russian cameraman, his first three pictures were not fit to be seen. But when he began to go ahead he went fast. During his first year as an independent producer Sennett made 104 successful comedies. Soon Mack Sennett was a tycoon and had his heart's desire-a huge bathtub in his office. This tub was a favored spot for conferences; it was a mark of favor...
...Critic" is still the mugwump of Harvard journalism, still does not quite fit in with the established bi-party system. In its brief career it has shown its willingness to be independent, which will perhaps appear to the routine-minded as a willingness to be inconsistent. Mr. George Haskins in a very able introductory editorial does make an effort to knit together the "Critic's" past and its present, even to the point of not altogether repudiating last year's famous questionnaire; but on the whole this number of the "Critic" strikes out for itself unfettered by tradition...
...date PWA has earmarked $146,000,000 for the Government itself to tear down slums in 33 cities, build places fit to live in. Of a total of 39 projects, not a spadeful of earth has been broken. Only in eight cases have steps been taken to acquire the ground. To blame: greedy landowners, hostile landlords, pettifogging politicians...
Further details of the program adopted include the provision that no charges incurred before the tickets are bought will be refunded, and each House will be allowed to regulate the privilege as it sees fit...