Word: floor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Department of Labor's 25th anniversary dinner, a message from the President to Madam Secretary Perkins was read aloud. Excerpt: "Today there is general recognition that there should be a floor to wages and a ceiling to hours...
...rabidly pro-Roosevelt New York Post this voice was the "voice of liberalism; the platform is that of Coolidge." Actually it was the typical voice of the old-line Democrat, the Democrat who would like, but does not dare, to say the same things on the Senate floor. For the Baruch testimony was by no means a one-way damnation. Asked if he thought business had done its share, the white-haired old financier replied: "Business has not cleaned up its own stable, it has not met the Government people in the fullest spirit of co-operation." Eloquently he urged...
...When I opened my seconds about two eyes later I still saw guys in tuxes prancing around and sometimes they went up to the coiling and sometimes down under the floor and the gumshoes were bigging the do apple and the showel toot was orchestring the leader, but it was light outside and strangers were hanging big red "H's" with coats on them and said they was Harvard Brom Selt--no, Harvard something. So "Quince" Morrissey and 14 of the stymm gaff rushed down to find me saying "The Red comes are coating" but he was watching guys...
...once, Bernice stalled. Then she lacerated a telephone pole. Then, enough of this mild play, she decided, and off they went in a cloud of gear teeth, both steering wheels flapping idly, both gas pedals down to the floor. The Vagabond tactfully arranged his harem around him to form a feminine cushion in case of a crash. At once he realized he had made a blunder. Mary's Dubble-Bubble chewing gum now exploded in his face with every third or fourth stroke of her jaws, spraying him with minty mixture...
Following their upset victory over the championship Dartmouth five Wednesday, the Crimson will be shooting for their seventh win of the year and for sure possession of the circuit runner-up position. In addition the Fesler team will be defending its record of nine consecutive wins on the home floor...