Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chorus and the younger to the teaching of dancing in an eternally losing struggle to make both ends meet. "Tiny", the dancing teacher, falls in love with a wealthy but quite useless young man, whose parents-firmly forbid the match. Here the lovable "Uncle Anyhow" steps in to fix things up, which he does for everyone, including himself. The scene in which he haltingly proposes marriage--"an absurd suggestion, I know"--to the older daughter, "Rude Min" of the chorus, is in itself, as the sideshow barkers put it, worth the price of admission...
...been performed unevenly throughout the country, and with different classes of buildings. Thus, in some sections, there is still a shortage in certain types of building, while in others there is an oversupply. In Washington, D. C, President Coolidge has felt it necessary to appoint a commission to fix rents. On the other hand, T. H. Green, former president of the Hotel Association fof New York City, has declared that more hotels are now being built than there is need for, and that this may bring on serious difficulties to the whole hotel industry. He recalled the dark days...
...Action. At present, the President's proposal is in Congress. Meanwhile, the Shipping Board has taken various measures purporting to carry out the President's wishes. Last week, it passed a resolution re- taining for itself the right to fix trade routes, but giving the Corporation freedom in the selection of vessels, etc., to serve each route, as well as complete custody of all ships, active or inactive. Nevertheless, the Administration's proposal is to be pressed...
...seek an early opportunity to effect a settlement of its debt to Britain. It was evident, however, that there was no intention of operating the settlement until after similar negotiations had been concluded with the U. S. Government. The mooted overtures to the British Government were undoubtedly designed to fix the total* that Britain would demand of France in order that the latter might know definitely the total of her Anglo- American obligations...
...process of reclaiming the marsh land on Soldiers Field has forced Dennis Enright, caretaker of the grounds, to spend all week pumping water into the Charlesbank hockey rinks. The drains laid to fix the marsh have probably drained the rinks also, since it has been feared for some time that they are in a leaky condition...