Word: hell
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...proposal to grant a 5,000-peso bonus ($1,400) to each & every member of Congress, a proposal which President Cardenas had vetoed week before, despite the fact that Mexican custom sanctions such "tips" to obedient legislators. When the majority deputies sternly resisted this tempting bait, voted it down, hell suddenly broke loose in the chamber...
Each of the 1,050 new Freshmen is assured one of these white cards but many of them will only gain fame through the occasional check-ups by statisticians. For Harvard in the words of Paul Engels is a "hell of a big place, mister" and gives small consideration to those who spend four years vegetating in the forest. Why should she? She has so much to offer and makes it so accessible to those who have the energy to reach out after...
...Hussar, world's biggest sailing yacht, came out strongly for the commissioning of laid-up yachts as a means of increasing employment. His wife, broadening her philanthropies to include the Marjorie Post Hutton Food Station for Women & Children, was referred to in Manhattan newspapers as "Lady Bountiful of Hell's Kitchen." Last month when it was announced that Mr. & Mrs. Hutton had separated, the tabloids hardly noticed...
...Kitty, he does not return to her. Instead, under an assumed name, he takes to writing juveniles, attended only by a secretary (Frieda Inescort) and his friend Sir George Barton (John Halliday). On the eve of their marriage, Kitty and Gerald learn of his existence. Still hell-bent on self-sacrifice, Alan arranges the furniture in the living room, hides his Braille books, awaits their call. When they arrive, he greets them soberly, pours a drink for each and, grimly pretending that he sees her perfectly, explains to Kitty that he no longer loves her. The great moment then arrives...
...disguised Communist trap for college students and that the male members occasionally seduce the female recruits. Wrote J. G. Shaw, ''You can't afford to laugh at them-as I did ... and a thousand other fathers who see their daughters put on the road to Hell-too late." Liberty added that the time required to read this article was 13 minutes, five seconds...