Word: hacks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...things; all of them were determined to do better for themselves than their parents had. Their tastes soon began to differentiate them. Runt Plotkin, toughest of the crowd, embarrassed them by his actions with girls, which spoke louder than their lewd chatter. He drifted off to become a precocious hack-driver. First of the bunch to go further than the universally-allowed petting were Estelle and Sol, the chesty athlete. That went on till they got a scare, then they broke...
...year-old lawyer made a difficult decision. He was rated one of the ablest young men at the Buffalo bar, had been assistant district attorney and might well have looked forward to an election as district attorney or even to Congress. But he decided to run for the hack job of Sheriff of Erie County. Doing so meant giving up his legal career for three years, but during those three years the sheriff's fees would reach a good fat sum, perhaps $40,000, at any rate much more than could be made at law. So down among...
With Senate control beyond possible reach, Republicans knew that if they failed to capture the White House their only hope of a voice in the Federal Government would be to hack down the 3-to-1 Democratic majority in the House, elect at least a strong working minority. But as the Roosevelt avalanche swept the land, it seemed certain that when the 75th Congress meets (Jan. 5), President Roosevelt will have as unassailable a House majority as he had in the 74th, at least 315 seats...
...York Herald-Tribune stated yesterday that Club scholarships have been awarded to Harry R. Gregory, William C. Kidd and George Wilson, all first-year students; and others have been given to W. T. Hack and Charles Kellner...
...YOUR TYPE on the woman's page of the Hearst Chicago Herald & Examiner, differed from the accepted standards of such journalism in two notable respects: 1) readers applying for the questionnaire were charged 25? for answers; 2) name signed to the column was that of no hack journalist, but of Irene Castle McLaughlin, America's pre-War Glamor Girl, now a Chicago socialite and that city's most noted dog-lover. From each 25? fee collected, Mrs. McLaughlin gets a portion. Questioners are also incipient customers for stores selling hats sold by Irene Castle, Inc. A ringing...