Word: hand-to-mouth
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...definition, Buchmanism, which consists in private conferences between gospeler and proselyte, did not obtain at Waterbury, where the work was primarily with crowds at street corners, in factories, schools, shops. According to its promoters, the Waterbury revival was "adventurous religion . . . flaming youth . . . united impact ... a synthesis between the hand-to-mouth methods of the Salvation Army and the more reasoned approach of the Christian student movement and the best trained ministry in the country." The results: "The young people's societies of the various [Waterbury] churches find their attendance upon meetings increasing and a deeper spiritual tone pervading them...
White-necked, white-handed coal miners have ceased to be anomalous in Britain, for the coal strike, bringing leisure for ablution, has lasted through the summer (TIME, May 10 et seq.). With one million miners still on strike, with their four million dependents living on hand-to-mouth doles, with British production at last seriously curtailed by lack of coal, a conference was held last week between miners and owners. Britain waited expectant while President Evan Williams of the Mine Owners' Association conferred directly for the first time since June with President Herbert Smith of the Miners' Federation...
...members of the former Imperial House of Osman have been expelled from Turkey, including even Prince Abdul Medjid, whom the Kemalists suffered to act as Caliph from 1922 to 1924. At present over 250 members of this once omnipotent family are said to be living an all but hand-to-mouth existence. A few, of course, have capitalized the lure of royalty at Paris, but for the most part they are said to make their living in such pursuits as "hawking rugs along the Riviera . . . peddling fruits and vegetables . . . driving taxicabs...
Except for psychological factors, there was little change in business conditions during the past week. The continuance of easy money, of hand-to-mouth buying by dealers, of large consumption of relatively stable stock and commodity prices, made for a condition of prosperity without sensation. Except in a few industries, business was good, and most complaints that were heard were to the effect that current earnings were not the best on record-somewhat captious and unreasonable criticism...
...financing our research. It is not, however, expected that it will be entirely sufficient for this purpose, nor is it considered desirable that the School assume all the costs of research. Nevertheless, this new income should climinate the danger to our research organization of too great dependence on hand-to-mouth financing which has been for some time its only source of revenue. It will also relieve the Dean's organization of the constant pressure to raise money for the current expenses of research work. Using the income from the dormitories to support the normal research activities, we can expand...