Word: get
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...When Lilienthal was reappointed Dr. Arthur did not resign, as threatened, but tried to get President Roosevelt to approve the principle that the Board could act only after a unanimous vote. Failing in that, he tried to tie the Board's hands by going away for a long rest...
...moral laws as well as the civil laws." Babbled Jesse Knabb: "Aw, those pitiful ministers, one is a Holy Roller and the other is a dead beat. I'm going to start a recall against Purves. Why, these charges are practically nothing at all. I can't get the drift...
...dirty, malodorous flatlands of East Akron, where rubber workers live amid a pervading stench from the vats, there is widespread conviction that unionists who first perfected the U. S. sit-down technique cannot get much without fighting for it. On the heights of West Akron, where rubber executives live amid a stench diminished but not conquered by distance and altitude, there is an equally firm conviction that the flatland hordes will some day swarm up the hills, looting and shooting as they come. Last week Akron had a taste of trouble...
...Bail of $1,000,000 would not be too much!" boasted his lawyer, as Jimmy Hines produced $15,000 in cash from his pocket and promised to get another $5,000 promptly. "Thousands of decent citizens would come forward to add their share. . . . Why, a few years ago the President of the United States praised Mr. Hines for his humanitarian activities. . . . He's almost an angel...
Into the city of San Luis Potosi last week streamed an ever-increasing number of military men, former deputies, ex-senators, labor heads, peasant leaders. There they lined up outside the temporary office of Lázaro Cárdenas, waited long hours to get a chance to tell Mexico's radical President how very loyal they were to him. Even those hitherto considered cool to Cárdenas' policies swore undying fealty, branded rebellious General Saturnino Cedillo "the most ungrateful traitor alive." In Mexico City, 27 State Governors assured Señor Cárdenas of their...