Word: preference
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Included in the questionnaire issued by Virginia Vonne, Secretary, are such queries as, "Do you like a girl tall, short, of medium?"; "Do you prefer a good dancer, good talker, good listener, hearty eater?"; "Do you favor heavy or light make...
From a seat beside U. G. I. Chairman John Edward Zimmerman and U. G. I. Vice President Conrad N. Lauer (see cut), Mayor Wilson rose to repeat his 50? gas campaign pledge. Looking directly at Chairman Zimmerman, he remarked sweetly: "You are efficient, and I'd prefer to see you continue rather than have another company come in and offer us more favorable terms, say 30? or 40? gas." Ten days later he filed suit against U. G. I. and the Municipal Gas Commission demanding the "return...
...thing no dictator can do is control the weather. Another thing no dictator can do is make cinemaddicts prefer one movie star to another. Hollywood's dictator, the box office, realistically recognizes this fact, always bows to the unpredictable will of the people. Last week a nationwide poll on the comparative popularity of current cinema stars showed Hollywood which way to bow. The one-day poll was conducted by 53 newspapers of the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate (combined circulation approximately 20,000,000) in the U. S. and Canada. Results (male and female separately...
...male domestic servants. The resultant score he called GG-general goodness-not from the standpoint of sophistication or show, but from the standpoint of health and decency. Conceding that the good life is not the same for all men, Dr. Thorndike selected these criteria because he believed most men prefer to live in cities where babies' lives are saved, where schools are well provided for, where people live without ostentation, etc. Then he compared other characteristics of a city with its GG to determine whether they were good symptoms or bad. Last week, having confirmed his test...
Some skiers prefer a wax base. The best waxes for this purpose are: Ostvye, "glister," or "Skaresmoring." A fine coating should be applied, which must be rubbed into the wood with the hand, and then rubbed smooth with a cloth. It should be allowed to cool and harden before applying the surface...