Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week, in a fit of political despair, Judson Hannigan, president of the Republican Club of Massachusetts, astounded his confreres by announcing that there was no Republican from this state qualified to run for senator next fall, and that he believed the only solution was to forget about it, and let all good Republicans vote for that perpetual "people's candidate," David I. Walsh. In this way, the party would not fall to pieces over the election of a senator, and could unite in placing a Republican governor into office...
...tificate, the Italian bride comes upon these legal reminders: "Matrimony imposes on married couples the reciprocal obligations of cohabitation, faithfulness and assistance (Article 130 of the Civil Code)." "The husband is the head of the family. ... It is obligatory for her [a wife] to follow him wherever he sees fit to establish his residence (Art. 131)." When the children grow up, their parents can point sternly to other laws, further on in the marriage certificate: "Children are under the obligation of supplying alimentary needs of their parents and other close kin having same (Art. 139)-". "Children, whatever their age, must...
...Deal pressure of work on Federal employes in Washington is so great that the Government is taking extraordinary measures to keep everyone fit for the job. Doctors and nurses make regular rounds. At the sign of a cold, chief cause of disability, the Federal worker must take one of two treatments. Last week the Public Health Service released its formu...
...fields of refrigeration, neon lighting, ultraviolet rays? We are not. Johnny Jones: Our schools today are enormous. In the DeWitt Clinton High School, for example, there are about 11,000 pupils. In that mass of youngsters we've got to get hold of Johnny Jones and fit him for his world and for his time...
...Judith Anderson). He is torn between joy in his love and despair at her breezy cynicism. At a cocktail party, the Woman, weaving drunkenly among her guests, discovers that the Boy has signed a contract to write for Hollywood. That everyone knows this except herself sends her into a fit of rage. When the Boy comes demurely in she is auctioning him off to her covetous lady friends: Here's property for sale, A little worn and frail, But definitely male. Full of shame, the Boy rushes away. Poignantly aware at last of her own love and overcome with...