Word: prospers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Doctor of Optometry, seven require three years of study; three (Ohio State, University of Southern California, Columbia) demand four years. Opticians are simply craftsmen who make lenses and mountings, or tradesmen who sell them, or both. For them no formal training is required, but they are unlikely to prosper if they lack skill and experience...
...fillip by taking an interest that has never flagged. Dr. DeLee subsequently delivered four of Mr. Delano's grandchildren. Other high-born "DeLee babies": Alice Roosevelt Longworth's Paulina; Ruth Hanna McCormick's (Simms's) Katrina, Medill, Ruth. Such clientele helped Dr. DeLee prosper personally to such an extent that he could give Lying-in Hospital his check for $55,000 during a money-raising campaign. The Hospital is now affiliated with the University of Chicago. Dr. DeLee's dream is to have associated hospitals affiliated with Chicago's other great medical schools, Northwestern...
...whom they regard as an enemy of their race. To avoid painful experiences they will take the simple and logical course of staying away from these concerts. And if they abandon the Philharmonic-Symphony Society, it will perish. There is no musical enterprise of any kind whatever that can prosper in this great Jewish city without the support of the Jews...
...Parish line did not prosper. It could not get enough gas customers to produce the volume of business necessary to make it a profitable enterprise. Thereupon the Department of Justice claimed that Columbia Gas & Electric, indirectly controlling the Parish line, was deliberately mismanaging it to keep Texas gas out of Columbia's home territory. It was charged that Columbia, having seen the invader approach its gates, promptly bought a half interest in him and proceeded to render him innocuous...
Born in England in 1813, Robert Spring arrived in Philadelphia about 1858 to open a bookshop. Not until he had a chance to sell a small but genuine collection of early U. S. autographs did he prosper. Discovering his own ability at copying hand-writings, he started in a small way by putting the signatures of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin (his favorite characters) on the fly leaves of old books. As his skill grew, so did his audacity. To make detection more difficult, most of the Spring forgeries were sent to England and Canada for sale and circulation. Because...