Word: latters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...work more than 40 hours a week, have been granted a raise of $1 a week, while part time workers of 20, 24, and 36 hours per week are to receive their benefits on a pro rata scale. Although the Administration declined to announce which employees came under the latter categories, it was learned that the maids, who started the agitation for the wage increase, received a raise of $65 per week...
Because the Album Committee will have to much to do in the latter part of the year, all these cards should be handed in as soon as possible...
...plane he was demonstrating for Charles Lindbergh, during the latter's visit to Germany in 1936, fell apart in the air. Udet parachuted to safety. In an Alpine circuit race he fouled his propeller in a 30,000-volt trolley wire. The plane lost its tail and Udet got a scratch...
Spelling & Meaning Sirs: I should like to inquire about the use in your columns of the words wackie and whacky. I am not certain whether they have the same meaning; and if not, I am not certain of the meaning of the latter...
...veteran playboys battle suavely over fair Irene, who has married the former yet retains "unfinished business" with the latter; but all too rarely do any of the trio manage to rise above the trite monotony of the script. And it is not without pain that we, report that--despite some beautiful scenic backgrounds which are the only saving grace of the film--Miss Dunne can no longer sing...