Word: piker
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week, to the 26 methods of treating D. T.'s developed by U. S., English, French, German and Swiss specialists, the American Medical Association's Journal added another cure, which the sponsors, Drs. Philip Edward Piker of Cincinnati and Jess Victor Cohn of Hollywood, Fla. offered as being simple and certain. Only 5.5% of their delirium tremens patients have died, whereas 10% to 12% is the average, 37% the high...
...Mickey," if you get there in time to see him, dashingly rescues the little cowgirl who thought she could take care of herself. His gun battles make even the old Tom Mix look like a piker...
...Little Flower while he was preaching remonetization, the General stormed: "When a priest vowed to poverty and preaching to the poor flays the faith of a people to advance a monetary interest- his own or another-you can about conclude that Judas Iscariot was just a poor piker...
...prince of bombast." "The money changers whom the priest of priests drove from the temple of Jerusalem," cried he, "have marshaled their forces behind the leadership of a chocolate soldier forthe purpose of driving the priest out of public affairs. . . . You compare me to Judas Iscariot as a piker, the same Judas who betrayed his Lord and Master. Oh, it is not my province to classify myself with the eleven faithful Apostles. I am content to leave that to the justice of history and to the judgment of God. ... I rejoice that never once have I sold Jesus Christ...
...Lundoen is no piker. He would provide an unemployment, old age, and social insurance for all--at the expense of the national government. He would give a "just compensation" of $10 a week, plus $3 for each dependent to all workers and farmers--some 15,000,000--above eighteen years of age, unemployed through no fault of their own. In case average local wages were higher than $10 a week--and in many communities this would certainly be true-- all unemployed would receive as dole an amount equal to average local wages. Taxation necessary to provide...