Word: getting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Louis Firpo. Though he "had just about enough English to get upstairs in an elevator, . . .he wrote thousands of words for the American press upon the manly...
Marjorie de Loosey Oelrichs. Mr. Broun admits he has little sympathy for debutantes who get ghosts to help them confess their insincere boredom. He writes: "Surely in a proper finishing school there must be some course on 'How to bare your soul at fifty cents a word...
...Hollywood, an insurance company hired agents to get information on the morals of cinema people applying for policies. Those intimate with the wives, husbands of others, those who patronize bootleggers, stay up late, were recently refused policies as bad risks...
...Harvard Union, in that the dues are $10 per year, and certain privileges are received in return. All members of the Medical School are eligible for membership, and they receive both the use of the dining hall, and of the new library. Members not living in Vanderbilt Hall get locker accommodations free of charge...
...remedy lies in a reaction among the alumni themselves. We note, for instance, in "The Harvard Alumni Bulletin," a strong protest against a proposed enlargement of the Harvard Stadium to meet the demand for seats at her major athletic spectacles. This and the more or less widespread movement to get rid of the professional coach are excellent omens. --New York Herald Tribune...