Word: postman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...congratulated for supporting a worthy cause. No doubt the item "FOUND--$2.00," which appears on the "Income" side of the statement, was promptly put to work to help make up the amount named on the "Expenditures' side of the ledger: "Christmas presents for...(among others)....the postman...
...scrawny little Malvina first felt the surge of excitement at the sight of the nude human figure that is the driving force behind most great sculptures. A suicidal beauty across the street slipped out of her nightgown and dived into a snowbank 30 feet below, narrowly missing a passing postman...
...postman who takes a walk on his holiday is a joke. Last week the nation chuckled when it was revealed that Postmaster General James' Aloysius Farley had been granted a payless leave of absence from his Cabinet post, would spend his new leisure at politics. Beginning Aug. 1, announced President Roosevelt, "General" Farley would give his time for three months to his duties as chairman of the Democratic National Committee...
...When in Manhattan a postman handed Bonus bonds through the securities windows of sedate J. P. Morgan & Co. to a group of joyous employes, a frosty executive barked: "We can't have all this uproar here," dispatched the postman to the tradesman's entrance...
...Postman Always Rings Twice