Word: pointedness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Malcolm C. Rorty, engineer of International Telegraph and Telephone Co. said telephone communication was binding Latin America together, pointed out that the Argentine has 192 mi. of telephone wire to every 10,000 of population, the U. S. only 170 mi.
Quickly word of the raid spread among Jews. The great gloom that had preceded Tisha B'Ab continued at this latest desecration. Leaders were indignant, pointed out that Great Britain had failed to maintain its protectorate.
Since Raskob's Rule came from a motor-maker, quidnuncs laughingly pointed to automobile stocks as they studied belated earnings reports for the first six months of 1929. Though many another stock was up to 20, 25 and even 30 times earnings, only three prominent motor stocks were selling...
In Baltimore raged a flagpole sitting craze for children. One "Azey" Foreman, 14, claimed a junior championship with a record of 10 days, 10 hr., 10 min., 10 sec. Soon rivals appeared. In a few days, 21 poles bore young perchers, applauded, tended, pointed out by ambitious parents. Unambitious parents...
When the actors insisted that cinema casts be 100% Equity members, working under protective Equity contracts and rules, the producers flatly refused. The actors then compromised, demanded 80% Equity companies (including principals, minor parts, extras, chorus). The producers again demurred, but said they were willing to employ Equity actors under...