Word: popular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...business like ours, a certain amount of exaggeration is expected, but when you state that Gum Inc.'s Blony "for eight years has been the most popular, and comprises at least 60% of that delicacy now sold in the U. S." you are guilty of an unwarranted statement and one that even the most prejudiced Blony salesman knows is untrue, as much as they would like to believe...
...popular wayside refreshment house the lampshades are adorned with the names and sentiments of present-day New Englanders. The appelations "Cookie," "Ducky," "Sandra Teetis," "Herman Milankoskywitz" strike the onlooker with a display of colors, varied handwriting, and added hieroglyphics. Beside the carefully letted name of "Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, stands a little message that will cause the historians of the next century to stroke their wisdom teeth in wonderment: "President Conant loves Marlene Dictrich...
Officials at the Fogg Museum regretted that it had become necessary to stop this popular service, but it appears that there is no chance that it will be able to do it during the current year...
...October 8 appears to be popular date for starting new college Presidents on their way, as both Yale and Williams will be swearing in their now heads as Constant speaks at Ithaca...
Retiring as the only President ever to leave office more popular than when he came in, Old Hickory spent his last eight years trying vainly to pay off the fancy debts piled up by his adopted son Andrew Jr. (one of eleven or more raised and educated by the Jacksons). On his deathbed, calling for his spectacles in an effort to make out the stricken faces around him, the old man whispered staunchly: "I hope and trust to meet you all in Heaven, both white and black. . . ." But he gave no sign that he repented of having said, not long...