Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prospect is not without advantages to both operators and miners. To the anthracite operators, it would mean a strike without the prospect of losing any of their market by the public's taking to soft coal as a substitute. To the miners, it would mean a chance to obtain a wage increase, since all coal prices would soar tremendously, and there would be prospect of such large profits to operators that they might more willingly accept a wage increase...
...medical journal, the Lancet. Previous announcements (TIME, July 20), had informed them that in that journal would appear articles by Dr. W. E. Gye, a one-time ticket agent, by Mr. J. E. Barnard, a prosperous hatter, describing their attempts to isolate the cancer germ. Efforts to obtain advance copies of this gazette by judicious bribing of printers, proofreaders, carriers, had failed. The crowd waited. At 5:30 in the afternoon, the Lancet was issued...
...Riff, an unknown person managed to obtain interviews with Abd-el-Krim, who declared that he was ready to discuss peace terms with the French as soon as they wished. A communication to the outside world spoke of "our struggle against those who seek to act tyrannically against us and deprive us of the blessing of the enjoyment of those sacred rights without which a man cannot be described as human...
...enterprise establishes stations where anyone with a driver's license can obtain a car to drive himself. Charges for this service are based on miles run. On ordinary days, the rates are 12? a mile for Ford touring cars, 17? for Ford closed cars, 20? for Hertz touring cars and 22? for the Hertz closed six-cylinder car. On Saturday afternoons, Sundays and holidays, an extra per-hour charge is added...
...obtain a car, a licensed operator needs only ten minutes, a few references and a deposit of $10 for Fords and $15 for Hertz cars. The Company bears all the upkeep and operation costs, even including gasoline; if the driver buys gas in the course of his travels, he is credited with its cost by the Company...