Word: papered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Republican] committee in Washington and meekly walked up to the man in charge and said: 'I want some literature on Governor Smith. I want the non-political kind.' And he brought her downstairs, put her in an automobile and took her over to an office where a paper is published called The Fellowship Forum which, for a number of years, has been engaged in this senseless, foolish, stupid attack upon the Catholic Church...
...Mann protested: "I have already denounced this story as a falsehood. . . . The truth is that this paper [the World] or the Tammany national organization, sent a female detective to my office . . . an attempted frame...
...York Sun, old Munsey paper, still keeps the NO SMOKING rule. Keats Speed, managing editor of the Sun, has added another prohibition. Paper shall not be cast upon the floor, but shall be placed in wastebaskets. Noiseless typewriters, too, are replacing the old machines. Said Mr. Speed: "All normal men hate noise and mess; I loathe them both...
...quota for the next four years (TIME, Aug. 20, Sept. 17). Once before bids had been opened and rejected. This time figures were much lower. The Middle West Supply Co., now holding the contract, offered an estimate of $13,314.954-98. But the International Envelope Co., subsidiary of International Paper, underbid its rival by $105,161.18. International Envelope won the contract...
...there had been rumblings in 1924. At that time, International Paper made an ill-prepared attempt to oust the well-entrenched Middle West Supply Co. Stockholder Taylor had retired from active management. International paper's bid, while some 15% lower than the previous contract price, was about 5% higher than the bid of Middle West Supply. International Paper bided its time, waited...