Word: hired
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sailing was the main reason for the Einstein's house-hunting at Wannsee last week. The lake is a bulge in the Havel River and boats for hire are plentiful. And it is not far (only twelve miles) from Berlin, where Dr. Einstein must earn his academic salaries by explaining his physi- cal theories of the world, of electricity, of magnetism, of the real unity...
...Adopted a joint resolution authorizing $25,000 for maintaining order during the Hoover inauguration. Said South Carolina's Blease: "It is a reflection on the American people that we have to hire policemen . . . after the magnificent Hoover vote." "We have to have more police men," added minority leader Robinson, "to take care of the Republicans." ¶ Ratified three treaties designed...
...jazz band to play in London?three and a half years ago?was the relatively restrained Brooke Johns Orchestra. Dauntlessly, however, "Conductor Abie" sailed from Manhattan. The Ministry of Labor agreed that "Abie's Own" may perform at a London night club, on condition that the proprietor hire an equal number of authentic British musicians...
...fight, I'll show them how to fight. . . . I may be mistaken, but it seems to me that I owe fully as much to the person holding ten shares of Standard Oil of Indiana . . . as I may owe one who has so much wealth that he has to hire experts to spend his income...
Transportation. There are about 30 operators of scheduled flying routes in the U. S.,* and about 600 more who run planes for hire on special trips. They can make money only on long, fast trips, for the slower railroads and motor buses are much cheaper. So the market for transport planes is limited...