Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...attend the formation drills during the week. I cannot believe that this is the true state of affairs. Permit me to hope that any small difficulty that stands in the way will be speedily overcome, and that the stands will soon be treated to the sight of that splendid instrument. I. M. Lauder...
...many months the voices of critics have been hushed almost to silence. Perhaps the explanation may be found in the fact that the critics' favorite instrument of chastisement, a comparison between the wretched conditions prevailing here and the glowing prosperity elsewhere, has not been very easy to discover...
...Clubs are made of five units. The Vocal Club sings college songs and popular four-part semi-classical numbers. The Mandolin Club and the Banjo Clubs present suitable tunes, and with the Gold Coast Dance Orchestra, offer places for almost every kind of an instrument. The Specialty Division has included in the past few years tap dancers, magicians, quartets, an accordion duet, a ventriloquist, a juggler, and unicyclist, soloists, and other humorous stunts. This year there is a great need of new Specialty acts, and it is hoped that a number of things will be worked up before we start...
...Last February Moto Meter Gauge & Equipment Corp. (instrument boards, auto gadgets) was gobbled up by its Toledo neighbor Electric Auto-Lite, presumably to edge into Moto Meter's lucrative business with Walter P. Chrysler. Last week Moto Meter's brusque, efficient President Royce G. Martin was made head of Auto-Lite, succeeding Clement O. Miniger, ignition tycoon, onetime drug salesman, who became board chairman...
...integrality." An expected part of the President's address, a declaration of good intentions towards Japan, did not materialize. He simply said: "The Army and Navy forces . . . constitute an integral part of our national defense and I stress that word defense. These forces must ever be considered an instrument of continuing peace, for our nation's policy seeks peace and does not look to imperialistic aims...