Word: proof
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...never serves beer because he dislikes it, "but there is always abundance of Texas corn and Scotch, his favorite drinks, which he usually takes neat." This statement is not only slanderous and false, but that you should introduce Mrs. Carter's name into such an atmosphere is proof enough that a gentleman is needed to edit your copy...
...epidemic of misprints and proof-reader's errors is making complete the intimidation of the Dunster trencherman. Last night the menu offered "Assorted Clod Meats" to the would-be diners...
...these are used for the restitution of photographs taken with the 5-lens camera; four are given over to the processes of developing, printing, and enlarging, as well as for copying mosaics; and the last room is used for loading the cameras. This room is absolutely light proof, and without illumination of any sort, since aerial films are sensitive to all wave-lengths of light; that is, they are pan-chromatic. Even a green safety lamp cannot be used; all work is done by the touch system...
...Wagner of the National Labour Board struck out some very astounding things most astounding, perhaps, Senator Wagner's conception of "industrial democracy." That great principle which moulds and directs our political life is now going to be applied to our industry, according to the Senator, and by way of proof he adduces be fact that the Board has supervised twenty elections of labour representatives to collective bargaining conferences. What the weighting of labour and employer will be, Senator Wagner does not say; from the metaphysic of the Washington administration one imagines that the government will hold, not only the deciding...
...gently squeezed. Holders were exchanging their Class A stock for the new common, which dried up the supply, and the shorts were not allowed to deliver new common against their Class A contracts. In their efforts to cover, the shorts had held the stock far above its real value. Proof of this developed after the Exchange issued its statement: the Class A dropped only to $2.13 a share, not to 50?. In a left-handed way the New York Stock Exchange had also given an object lesson on what may happen to bad, bad bears...