Word: less
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...people in the U. S. but this does not deter many people from quoting any figures that seem to suit their fancies. I have seen figures ranging all the way from 200,000 to your 20,000,000 which seems a new high. My own estimate would be somewhat less than a tenth of your figure. The American Society for the Hard of Hearing is certainly doing good work but nothing is gained by making out their job to be astronomical in extent...
...Herrick gave her reasons at length. Meanwhile, reporters found the proceedings less sweet and less sentimental, Our Town getting more and more like the Big City. One noted that Miss Herrick winked at a friend as she slumped back against the wall. One learned that George had many feminine admirers. One discovered an intimate friend of Miss Herrick's, unearthed a long, involved story about Miss Herrick leaving home, getting a job at a big perfumer's, going back home, popping into the friend's house at night and morning in tears. Determinedly, Mrs. Herrick told Justice...
...News is rooting for a double rate-$3.50 for seats between the goal lines, and $2.20 for the end zones, on the ground that "the days when crowds flocked to games at $3.85 a head are gone, never to return." In Cambridge, however, those days are only a little less alive than they were in the twenties, and there is no real reason why they should be given up for dead in New Haven. New York may blossom with big rival games every Saturday that cut into the Bowl trade, but Boston provides stiff competition...
...many lorgnettes, but still fun: The Cocoanut Grove specializes in liquor and a floor show. Dancing isn't too marvelous. . . . The Brown Derby-about the same as the foregoing-a little less expensive. . . The Casa Manana nice setting with good music and food make this a good bet. Probably will be crowded as it isn't murderous in its prices. . . . The Mayfair: about the same as the others, a little noisier, and more expensive. . . Crawford House-to be avoided if possible. Slumming that isn't even fun. . . By the way, we almost forgot the two swanker of the Boston night...
Blaine returned shortly after with a group of neighbors who proceeded to pummel the walls with pillows Halliburton Fales 2nd '42 used a less violent method of trapping the bird, however, and according to Blaine, proved that he had "owl appeal" by his success in petting the frightened creature...