Word: gyp
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...fifth anniversary of Lindbergh's Paris flight. Since then, as an airline executive, writer, woman's stylist and lecturer, Miss Earhart, with the aid of her astute husband, has kept the glitter of her fame untarnished. A devoted couple, he calls her "A. E.," she calls him "Gyp." They have no children...
Meanwhile last week the Better Business Bureau of New York City, reviewing the business year ended May 1, reported that promoters of the timeworn "sell and switch" racket* were still active, that "gyp" stock vendors had continued to flourish as of old under the Securities Act largely because the Federal Government had been backward about criminal prosecutions. Declared the Bureau: "An examination of the registrations under the Federal law reveals that by far the greater percentage of registrations was of highly speculative enterprises. Most promoters of such enterprises are deterred but little by responsibilities of civil liability which, under...
...frequently staying until 7 p. m. I make practically no social engagements. Sometimes I spend two hours or more reading letters before I get up. . . . My wife, who is present, will testify - perhaps angrily - as to the amount of time I give to company affairs. It is really 'Gyp' that should be complaining but they are strangely silent...
...comported herself in the ring. But Flornell Spicy Bit of Halleston did not win their hearts until, at the very moment when Judge Jarrett was naming her U. S. Dog of the Year, she slipped her leash and frisked across the ring as saucily as though her name were Gyp...
...funny thing yesterday. You know the taxis have been having some fun. Well, two of them were out here waiting. The second one thought he could gyp in ahead of the first; so he cut in. The other backed up to let him get to the curb. They were both next to the curb when the one in back got up full steam and crashed into the other. This one backed right back at him and this process went on until finally both got out and started using their fists. In the meantime three other taxis had received leads...