Word: quit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Twenty freshmen started the new curriculum in its first year. By last week two had flunked out, five others had quit. But the 13 survivors were excited about their novel course, their crack teachers. Said Student Bowen Weisheit: "These fellows teach differently from any teachers I ever had. I don't know how it is, but there's something they do that just makes it click...
...forced to take a prolonged rest cure at Hot Springs, Va. Back in Washington last week, Ambassador Saito, whose wife likens him to a tireless, leaping carp, was reported to have received an urgent Tokyo cable. Premier Konoye, stuck to find a Foreign Minister when General Kazushige Ugaki suddenly quit fortnight ago, requested Hiroshi Saito to take the post. General Ugaki. long on the outs with an army clique determined to add all China to Japan's control, re-signed when complete charge of the China policy was taken from his office, put in the hands of an army...
Sirs: Am I right in my recollection that a few weeks ago you promised to quit talking about the weather and do something about it? If yesterday's tropical hurricane is an example of your efforts, I beg you to lay off, and devote yourself to your own business...
...from the Great Lakes to the Rio Grande, piling up flying hours and getting a comprehensive view of private flying such as few short-hop and Sunday fliers get. Sometimes selling several ships a month, but more often finding territories soured on flying because of local accidents, he finally quit and started a flying school. Then this year, with 2,250 flying hours to his credit and a hatful of information on what makes ships crash, he started publishing Air Facts...
...business way. Duryea was for simplification, economy. One model had only three wheels, another had all the functions of steering, braking, gear shifting, spark control and acceleration combined in a single lever. His competitors went out for speed and class, an abundance of gadgets. By 1914 Duryea had quit competing...