Word: lowerings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Baltimore he worked part-time as a cutter in a men's suit factory, helped organize the Artists' Union. Blond, stocky, bespectacled Artist Jules came to Manhattan last July and clubbed with two artist friends to rent two big studio rooms in a gloomy building on lower Fifth Avenue. Jules does the cooking for all three. They own a rickety 1927 Chrysler, cannot afford a telephone...
...automobile tycoon rose in Boston to speak his mind. Said President William S. Knudsen of General Motors at a dinner of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts: "Our standard of living has been obtained by narrowing the gulf between Capital and Labor. To widen it will unquestionably tend to lower the standard of living instead of raising...
...what occupations the United States indubitably leads the world, I should reply without hesitation, dentistry and plumbing." Yet in the mouth of civilized man he finds a chamber of horrors which shows perfectly well which way human evolution is going. Caries, pyorrhea and malocclusion (failure of upper and lower teeth to engage properly) are rare among savages-"at least until the savage comes in contact with civilization, missionaries, canned foods, groceries and candy.... In my opinion there is one and only one course of action which will check the increase of dental disease and degeneration which may ultimately cause...
...Varsity race on the basis of three dual meets was Princeton 21, Harvard '36, Princeton 22, Yale 34; and Yale 24, Harvard 32. The Harvard Freshmen also lost to both teams. Though Jaakko's Yearlings won first and third individual places, the Freshmen were very weak in the lower ranks, and so came out on the losing end when the final score, was compiled. The Freshman score was Yale 24, Harvard 31; Princeton 26, Harvard 29; and Princeton 27, Yale...
...aware that the man-eating shark has upwards of one hundred thirty teeth arranged in double rows around the upper and lower parts of the jaw. Flat on the sides, these teeth are triangular in shape and sharp at the points. There is only one way to escape a man-eating shark if a person is thrown into the water beside him. Kick the right and left legs alternately and move the arms in a windmill fashion; the prospective victim should also call for help in a sharp tone. If this does not work, go back for further instructions...