Word: hire
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...curt Mr. Coolidge, had achieved a genuine-diplomatic triumph-the 5-5-3 naval limitation treaty which for over a decade put a stop to the competitive building of warships. He had also won himself the Washington title of "Chilly Charlie." And he had quit statecraft to hire out his admirable talents as a lawyer to those whom liberals most dislike: great corporations. Liberals could not forgive him that even though he had in 1920 hired out the same talents to John L. Lewis, William Green and other officials of the United Mine Workers to defend them when they were...
...March 9, Seattle will vote whether to replace worn-out street cars by spend ing $12,500,000 for 240 trackless trolley and 135 busses built by Twin Coach Co. Last week, Washington's Lieutenant Governor Victor Aloysius Meyers, onetime bandmaster, had the American Legion hire a brunette, a blonde and a redhead, all young and pretty, to act as publicity building "hostesses" on a demonstrator model of the new vehicles. Said Vic Meyers: "They will be neat, sweet and discreet. To protect them in the rush hour we'll put bumpers on them, fore...
...preaching tours, his 25-year-old son Bob Jr. becomes acting president of the college. Bob Jones Sr. writes a syndicated column for 200 southern newspapers, gets out a weekly called Fellowship News. No hellfire evangelist, "Dr. Bob" is zealous, says proudly: "We don't hire any teacher who believes in Evolution. We tell students about Darwin, Huxley and Spencer, but we also tell them that evolution isn't science, it's guesswork...
...politically feeble Major Clement Richard Attlee, Leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, led various Labor M.P.'s in lamenting that the discharged Navy seamen are today having great difficulty finding jobs, their names being on the "blacklists" of patriotic British employers who are not eager to hire saboteurs...
...busy keeping tabs on the country's 1,800,000 freight cars. One of their chores is to gather vital statistics of car loadings. The most notable industrial achievement of President Pelley's two years has been the so-called "average" plan for settling car hire between railroads and reducing profitless hauling and switching of empty cars. The A.A.R.'s car service division referees this activity, which now saves U. S. roads $12,000,000 a year...