Word: often
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lightheartedness, El Creeps under Cabot has been an outspoken, effective conciliator between the community's three often-differing ethnic groups: the Indian, the Spanish, and what the Taosenos call the "Anglo." Says Editor Cabot: "Being the only paper in a valley where there are three completely different outlooks is something like sitting on a keg of powder in a dark room. You know that it's dangerous to light a match, but you have to do it to see where...
...Stallknecht canvases that toured the West were also filled with works of religious feeling, works interspersed with somber pictures of Chatham, its seafaring people and their tribulations. Straight-forward and often powerful, her art conveys almost as much bitterness and darkness as it does sweetness and light, with a Christian theme to give some light to its darkest corners...
...More often than not, today's maid-hunting housewife will not find just what she wants-she never could. The supermaid, the magnificent cook, the perfect butler have always been jewels beyond price; Catherine of Aragon had the same problem. The surprising thing is that the standard, oldtime maid of all work has practically disappeared from the U.S. scene. Like everybody else, the modern domestic is a specialist-or at least acts like one. Many maids will not mind children; a special "mother's helper" does that for an extra 50? an hour. Others do not do heavy...
...their ages and sexes, whether it's a one-story or a two-story home, what their religious preference is. How much laundry do they send out? Do they have pets? What does the employer mean by a day off? What type of cooking do they expect? How often do they entertain? When do they serve dinner?" If the client boggles, says Mrs. Heinke, "I simply tell her, 'If I don't ask you, the employee will...
...trouble with the new boom is that so few maids are well-trained. As the quantity increases, the quality of the work has slipped until U.S. housewives often put up with inefficiency that no businessman would stand for. The washing machine, the mangle, and the modern stove are as baffling to some maids as a Univac electronic brain; the housewife herself operates them, or they get broken. While Americans will put up with high prices indefinitely, the time may be at hand when employment agencies would do better to set up training courses for maids instead of an inquisition...