Word: lures
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hopeless Julius Peter Heil, Governor of Wisconsin, blamed the debacle of the Wisconsin Legislature (which sat 269 days, passed no bill to meet the State's $21,000,000 deficit) squarely on "the lure of wine, women and song." Julius the Just, as he was called (before he took office January 2), said he now favored legislation which would "do away with the night work of lobbyists, both men and women, in Madison [State capital] hotels...
...Holcombe's scheme helps Government while hurting other departments, by diverting funds from them. Moreover, if given the two posts he would probably select men of his own age group, "stars" who have already earned academic fame. These he could lure from other universities by the offer of a Harvard professorship...
...Germany's advance ; as the Army reached Warsaw, jeers at Britain filled the Italian press. Although Germany announced that after the Polish victory the Führer would return to Berchtesgaden to have a chat with Italian Ambassador Bernardo Attolico, although the German radio ridiculed attempts to "lure away the Italians from their Teutonic allies," Mussolini...
Under such headings as "Don'ts" Every Girl Should Know, How to Attract a Husband, Lures Men Can't Resist, she chatters of the business of mating in the lower brackets with the kindly solicitude of a slightly prurient older sister and a hard-boiled realism that would do credit to a brothel-keeper. Sample Dix advice to the nubile: "A young girl who lets any one boy monopolize her simply shuts the door in the face of good times and her chances of making a better match. . . . The wise girl keeps a wary eye out to note...
Tickled pink with his four juniors is Superintendent Wilson. To an aviation tycoon who tried to lure students away with lucrative jobs, Superintendent Wilson boasted: "It can't be done...