Word: pinks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...makes it plain that he must get back to the missus atop Boylston, Vag and she amble down to the House for a tete-a-tete luncheon, pleasantly, interrupted just often enough by Vag's friends. And, as she sips the last of her coffee, Vag fingers the two pink pasteboards in his pocket...
...five suits reflect Morey's opinion of his fellow man, with the Scientist (a purple card) in first place. The other suits with their colors are, in order of diminishing value, the Idealist (red). the Judge (pink, green or yellow), the Banker (dark gray) and the Advertiser (black...
...pink-faced, tall youngster with a copper-colored moustache, wavy pompadour, studious spectacles and knowing eyes, Clemens got his B.A. at Madison in 1932, studied at Chicago's Art Institute, married a pretty girl and returned to Milwaukee to work on the Federal Art Project. To Manhattan, along with his paintings, he sent a written declaration of his love for the great painters, for oil painting and for the female body. More noteworthy than this credo was his challenge to the school in which Discoverer Curry was discovered eight years ago: "I am glad to see that . . . the emphasis...
Year ago New York State Superintendent of Insurance Louis H. Pink started hearings on the matter, suggested a sliding interest scale based upon highest grade industrial bond yields plus 1% for expenses. The insurance companies at first opposed any reduction at all, insisting that it would increase the cost of all insurance by forcing investment in short-term securities and reducing interest earnings, would decrease dividends to policyholders (non-borrowers as well as borrowers), would encourage borrowing for speculation during prosperity, and during depression would tend to cause a run on life insurance companies...
When it became apparent that a reduction was coming despite these arguments, the companies unanimously asked for a flat rate because a sliding scale would greatly increase their work and actuarial complications. Though Mr. Pink warned that "any fixed rate ... is bound to be unfair over a long period of years," Governor Lehman last April signed the Piper-O'Brien Bill establishing a flat rate of 5% (4.8% to those who pay in advance). And since New Yorkers hold nearly a fifth of the $109,572,000,000 U. S. policies in force and since the companies obviously cannot...