Word: lot
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other El Paso acquaintances of his, many of whom he knew only casually. Some years ago it was my privilege to have a rather lengthy conversation with Jake concerning the predicament that a faulty gland had placed him in; he has a philosophy that enables him to accept his lot in a manner that should make a lot of us "normal" folk envious of him. ROBERT M. JACKSOX Clerk Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds United States Senate Washington...
Bufano made the model three years ago, before Danysh was appointed Regional Adviser. Danysh is an energetic young man with a lot of excellent ideas and impulses who happens to have a brown beard. He is not a stuffed shirt, is locally famous for his humor, would not have permitted himself to be the model, seeks no fame through the Saint. TIME'S account was pleasant to read, partly incorrect, but not too grievously so. Friends of Bufano are glad the creation of a great monument to a great human being is the source of some warmth and humor...
Figure skating tournaments are divided into free skating, in which competitors execute their own specialties, and school figures, selected by lot from 42 standard maneuvers with which all figure skaters are supposed to be familiar. Experts consider Champion Colledge's free skating repertoire more difficult than Sonja Henie's, especially her double-revolution jump which no other woman skater has ever tried in competition. Her next appearance on ice will be an exhibition at the Toronto Skating Carnival next week...
...Today you are giving us a party to celebrate the Opening of Greater Plant 2 of the Trane Co.," the advertisement continued. "You have left nothing undone to make us happy in many ways. We owe you and the rest of the Management a lot. . . . We are not working for the Trane Co. We are working with the Trane Co. for a common good-yours and ours. We realize that this procedure may seem unusual, but we'd like to have you know just the way we feel. The very culmination of this message is proof of its sincerity...
...been unfavorable to Germany, which could retaliate against bondholders who attached German balances in U. S. banks by buying goods in other countries. Many an observer feels that more toughness earlier on the part of bondholders would have mitigated the U. S. investor's sorry lot. The logical people to get tough are the bankers who floated the issues originally and now act as fiscal agents for the bonds. It so happens that many of these fiscal agents are also short-term Reich creditors, either under the standstill agreements or as holders of Reich Treasury dollar notes. Seizure...