Word: home
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...persons who have ever taken a cut at a court tennis ball. Racquets players have been so few that one ball maker, a man named Jeffries Mailings, until his death 20 years ago, made all the balls required by all the world's players in his two-story home in Woolwich, England. His firm still carries...
...keep democracy alive in the U. S., each home should be a democracy. "Our authority . . . must not be so severe that children learn to dislike all authority. . . . Our children must be allowed and encouraged to help make decisions that affect the whole family. Vacation plans, the division of household tasks, even decisions as to the way the family should spend its money are ways to develop democracy in the home...
...made a surprise visit, incognito, to a camp, asked the director what he wanted most. When the director said he wanted a gasoline water pump, Mr. Hayden promptly made his wish come true by fishing out $75 in cash. Recently, he walked into the lavatory of the Burroughs Newsboy Home in Boston, emerged to announce that he would give the institution money for shower baths and new toilets...
...Washington, Alicia Butler, 17, vexed because Elvin Hanback, 18, did not speak to her for a week after a spat, picketed his home wearing a sign, "Elvin is Unfair to Alicia," Result: peaceful settlement...
...Author last year showed his knack for popularization in his bestseller, Kindling, the tale of a Banker Bountiful who rescues an unemployed shipyard town. More effective, Ordeal gives him material closer home. Pilot in the Royal Air Force Reserve, Author Shute (real name: Nevil Shute Norway) was deputy chief engineer (later chief) of construction of the airship R100, sailed with her on the first trip to Canada. In 1931 he formed an airplane company, saw it grown to 1,000 employes when he resigned last April. Ordeal to the contrary, Author Shute declares he is no alarmist. Average casualty rate...