Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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England thus finds itself in a dilemma which is clearly expressed by the two schools of thought that have been seeking to gain Mr. Baldwin's ear. One group headed by Viscount Cecil insists upon a stronger League as the only means of peace, while others under Lord Lothian see safety in a League that doesn't force anybody...
Hard pressed for ammunition in the campaign, his political enemies spread scandalous lies that his kinky hair and heavy features were signs of Negro blood, that the 350-acre farm to which he frequently retires with his vivacious, red-headed wife, is only a device to gain agrarian support. He drives an Auburn, golfs in the 90's, goes duck-hunting. Impressed by his vigorous campaign and easy victory, Presidential supporters of Kansas' Alfred M. Landon promptly boomed Nominee Brooks for keynoter at the Republican National Convention...
...Chicago Herald & Examiner (TIME, March 9). New Courier-Journal and Times boss was Mark Foster Ethridge, famed Southern newspaperman. In Richmond, Va., where he had just resigned as publisher of the Times-Dispatch, Mark Ethridge's associates sorrowfully declared that what was Louisville's journalistic gain was Richmond's loss...
...much influenced by his sister's fame, but Mr. Temple's life has been revolutionized. From his modest job in a bank cage, he was elevated to manager of California Bank's branch at Washington Street and Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles. The bank showed a marked gain in children's savings accounts. Last week he was transferred to the more pretentious cream-colored branch at Hollywood and Cahuenga Boulevards. Mrs. Temple, who devotes all her time to Shirley, is dark and taller than her husband. Mr. Temple, short, plump and dimpled, looks more like his daughter...
...Guerre des Valses" is to be shown gain today at the Institute of Geographical Exploration, at 1.40, 4.00, 6.30, and 8.50 o'clock. Go, by all means, whether you understand French or not. Have no remorse over excluding the rightful claimants, the scholars of French, for they probably won't understand the dialogue any better than you. The words, intriguing as they may be, don't signify anyway. For this story is told in that super Esperanto music...