Word: furnishes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...snake skin which you may believe The serpent cast that tempted Eve. A fig-leaf apron, 'tis the same ' Which Adam wore to hide his shame . . . It is my wish, it is my glory to furnish your knick knackatory...
Rich Americans used to be among the best customers for Europe's antiques. They bought the Old World's treasures to furnish mansions on the Hudson or castles in California, and a smart dealer could turn an easy 100% profit by buying at bargain prices in Europe, selling for what the traffic would bear in the U.S. But in recent years, the antique tables have been turned. Fine antiques generally are now more expensive in Europe than in the U.S., and some old pieces are being bought cheaply in New York for shipment back to Europe. Items...
...Cadillac engineer was scornful. "Don't you know that no small storage battery can furnish enough power to crank an automobile? The battery companies will agree to that...
...regarded as a major . . . corporate power. It is even more than that . . . it amounts to a solemn duty . . . I am strongly persuaded by the evidence that the only hope for the survival of the privately supported American college and university lies in the willingness of corporate wealth to furnish in moderation some support to institutions which are so essential to public welfare, and therefore . . . to corporate welfare. What promotes the general good inescapably advances the corporate weal...
...Wiley Bill will be debated in a new climate of urgency: a deep seaway would furnish the only submarine-free route for transportation of Labrador iron ore in case of'a war, and Canada has threatened to build it all by herself if the U.S. shillyshallies much longer. Last week the Eisenhower Administration used a new administrative device to demonstrate its backing of the seaway: by formal action, the whole Cabinet unanimously recommended that the U.S. put its weight behind the seaway project...