Word: petted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Once or twice Frank Hawks was unable to walk away-one crash in 1932 put him in the hospital for months and filled his famous smile with store teeth; in another he somersaulted off a line of overhead wires, landed upside down. Overhead wires were Frank Hawks's pet hate. "They ought to bury 'em all," he used to growl...
...Beverly Hills, energetic old Cinemactress May Robson, 73, tripped over her pet dog, broke...
Whenever the New Deal gives out a fresh batch of statistics to bolster up some of their pet projects, I am reminded of what Mark Twain said about statistics, "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics...
...President confiscated all foreign oil properties (TIME, March 28), Mexico lost her oil receipts, her third biggest single source of revenue, one out of every 15 pesos of Treasury income. The State Railways and numerous State-operated industries, notably sugar refining, are also doing badly. Shoes are a pet industry with President Cárdenas, who hopes that some day everyone in Mexico will have shoes, and once at a public meeting gave away 300 pairs. Last week the output of the Mexican shoe industry was only 30% of normal. Reports from all parts of the Republic showed bank clearings...
Compensating for such troubled areas are I. T. & T.'s interests in quiet spots like France, England, Australia, Peru and Argentina. Argentina is the company's pet. Since I. T. & T. bought United River Plate Telephone Co., Ltd. in 1928. that booming southern nation has expanded its I. T. & T. phones from 194.500 to 345,186. The present Argentine system, valued at $89,500,000, is I. T. & T.'s largest foreign investment in a single country. Last year it provided nearly...