Word: populars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Either Green or Lewis must step out in the final settlement, and although no positive statement can be made as to which man is the more popular, it is doubtful if Green would risk his position before an open meeting of both the industrial and craft unions,' he concluded...
...Popular young King Farouk, who himself married a commoner year ago, has always insisted that his three sisters shall have the right to choose their own husbands and, according to Egyptians, the marriage of Princess Fawziya and the Iranian heir will be a real love match. Only incidentally will it strengthen the ties between two of the most powerful Moslem nations of the Near and Middle East...
...behalf of 36 radio sponsors, 29 of them bakers of bread, cake and biscuits, the Lone Ranger rides his imaginary mount, Silver, over a vast radio range of 129 stations, including one in Honolulu and one in Sydney, Australia. In real life he is Earl Crasser of Detroit. The popular belief is that Silver was named for Gordon Baking Co.'s Silvercup Bread, the Lone Ranger's leading sponsor from his start over five years...
Diplomas with pictures of heroes are popular in public schools. One of the certificates most popular in elementary schools from coast to coast has a picture of Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis. Youngsters who complete their grade-school education in Oklahoma are rewarded with diplomas picturing hat-waving Will Rogers. Most famous Will Rogers line: "All I know is what I read in the papers...
...When I was in Boston in 1925, I caught pneumonia, and while I was resting, under doctor's orders, Johnny Green, now a popular song writer and then a student at Harvard, used to come with some of his friends and play for me. I wanted to learn how to play the saxophone, but I never got further than the first three notes of 'God Save the King...