Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...they assailed the Vagabond's serenity (at that time he was tasting the wicked but delectable fruits of a class-cutting spree) by sending him letters on the same day. Each letter demanded in slightly officious terms, peculiar to the writing of middle-aged college men, that he obtain a ticket to the Harvard-Yale game for "your loving Cousin Arthur" and for "your ever-faithful Uncle Henry, as a favor for which I shall always be indebted...
...will continue to suffer for the rest of the week unless some deadly antidote is quickly compounded by the University to curb this crawling menace. For the public will pay the scalpers the original price of the ticket, plus the several hundred percent it cost the scalpers to obtain it, plus several hundred additional percent for the sole purpose of breeding these scalpers more profusely in the future...
Even if Senor Toca didn't succeed in the said recognition, as a protection for the approximate 2,000 Swiss citizens residing in Rebel territory, he was allowed to open an office in Berne to conduct his business. But he managed to obtain a tag with the letters "C.D." from the Department of Interieur, the branch of vehicles & traffic of the canton of Berne, for his car, distinguishing it from other people's cars. ("C.D." means Corps Diplomatique...
...obtain these fares passengers are required to begin their outward journeys from any point on either Saturday or Monday and return anytime, any ship, within 15 days. Examples: Round Trip Rail, Pullman TWA Columbus-New York $46.40 $45.15 Albuquerque-New York 166.00 163.95 New York-Los Angeles...
...stand-by of most big U. S. airlines. Next year, again months ahead of its competitors, TWA will take the skies with eight new Boeings-four-engined, high altitude airplanes that will seat 33, sleep 25 passengers. The problem confronting TWA is not drawing business from competitors but to obtain a new class of air travelers to fill the eight four-engined giants they will have in service...