Word: quits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quit now," one newspaperman said with a note of desperation, "And now that we're in, we will fight to the bitter end--right down to the last test-tube in our possession...
...into the old-world battlements, wine cellars, secret stairways and tunnels; into the new-world trimmings, tiled swimming pool, modern plumbing (solid gold & silver fixtures), bowling alley, shooting galleries. Before Casa Loma's 100 rooms were completely finished or furnished, Sir Henry found the upkeep too expensive, quit...
Pegged at three levels, the rents run from $41 to $55, stopping for the two-bedroom units at $48; all utilities are included. Rents on the Jarvis and Divinity School fields FPHA units start at $30 and quit when they get to $35, although heat is not included in this figure. How come, the Villagers want to know, are our rents so much higher...
...Springfield. Like Bowles's 517 employes, the Guild was sure Bowles was boss. But his three publishing companies had been ordered dissolved by 'the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and Bowles swore up & down that that left him just an advertising salesman. Fortnight ago, the NLRB told him to quit kidding and bargain with the Guild...
Graduating into the Depression, he found he was being paid so little by an architectural firm that he quit to start his own business. He tramped the streets, looking for buildings to remodel. One of them was a Balaban & Katz theater which was planning to spend $5,000 on draperies and upholstery. For the same price Bill remodeled virtually the whole theater. B. & K. was so pleased that it asked him to build a few theaters. Within 18 months, he had a $20,000-a-year business...