Word: hire
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Stephen Early on the subject of Cabinet changes got from him the answer that hardly any Cabinet members wanted to resign or would.* He was not speaking, however, of the bright young men who do the real work in many a department. Often has Franklin Roosevelt urged Business to hire more men. Little did he foresee that Business would hire not from Relief rolls but from the ablest young lawyers and executives on the Government's payrolls. For Business, which could spare them during Depression, now wants them back, because they are able and know the New Deal ropes...
...year her voice caught the ear of Hollywood Agent-Manager Jack Sherrill who put her under contract, got her a test with M-G-M for a picture that was never made. Her possibilities impressed Associate Producer Rufus LeMaire. When he joined Universal, he persuaded the new company to hire her, changed her name...
Governed by laws of astronomical complexity, professional baseball has one which says that a major-league team may not hire an amateur player until he has first played for a minor-league team. Only exceptions to the rule are college players, who are occasionally able enough to join major-league teams without serving an apprenticeship, but major-league club-owners long since perfected a method of evading their own law in the case of non-college players. When a major-league scout spots an able sandlot prospect, he notifies a friendly minor-league team, which hires the player with...
...Moines, in 1935, a scout for the Cleveland Indians discovered a sandlot pitcher named Robert Feller, who, although he was not yet 17, seemed promising enough to hire. Following the customary procedure, Feller was given a contract with the Fargo-Moorhead Club of the Northern League. Before he had played a game with Fargo-Moorhead, Cleveland had him transferred to New Orleans. Before he had played a game for New Orleans Cleveland arranged for Feller, while still young enough to have his father sign his contracts and be prevented from playing minor-league baseball because his family wanted...
...sing-dance-or act? If you can, it's a well established fact That Uncle Sam will take you in- Break you in- Make you in-to Anything you could desire. Uncle Sammy wants to hire- Actors with dramatic fire- Singers who to fame aspire- Dancers who can kick-but higher. Uncle Sam will take a flier- Which is why we all inquire- "Say Can You Sing-Dance...