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...desire that the priceless boon of sleep and rest be conferred as quickly as possible on as many as possible, and that the sick in particular shall be freed from the torment of the motor horn at night. . . . The caution which a motorist instinctively displays when he no longer has recourse to his hooter is a contribution to the measure we are taking to increase public safety...
...fumigation of its household as its own job, in which it can invoke the aid of the Treasury," declared Emissary Jackson, "the effort to place tax practice upon a higher plane will be successful. But if the Bar as a whole regards the right to be crooked as a priceless possession to be defended by hostility to all regulations and governance, the inevitable result will be that, as a whole, it will face a vexatious degree of regulation really needful for only a few rascals...
...only knew how sumptuous all this was!" cried an aged Russian servitor. "The broken windows are stuffed with paper now, but 16 years is a long time! With no more money coming from St. Petersburg what was His Excellency to do but sell first the priceless carpets from Turkestan, then the gold service, the tapestries and at last even the chairs...
...every year of the Depression. "There is a decidedly more encouraging outlook," he purred. "My question is not answered," snapped the woman. "If you were to wipe out the salaries of all the general officers of the company," the officer replied, "it would amount exactly to 6? a share." Priceless Schwab. Salaries were also the sorest subject at a stockholders' meeting in Newark. The Federal Trade Commission two months ago listed Chairman Charles M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel as the highest-paid executive in the U. S. in 1932, bonuses excluded. He received...
Emil A. Marklewitz who teaches German ("Priceless literary gems were written in German") earns his living as a high-school physics instructor. Joseph R. Blanco, a Reo foreman, teaches Spanish. A high-school teacher and a radio service man explain the mysteries of Radio ("Understand this marvel of the Age"). Alpha Pearl, who teaches the school's most popular course. Stenography ("A profession to professionals-a great convenience to others") at the Y. M. C. A. building, practices her vocation by day at the Kirby Mercantile Agency. There are courses in Dramatic Interpretation at the Reo Club House...