Word: respectibility
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the regular 6 p.m. news broadcast tonight, the British Broadcasting Corp. announced "with deep regret" the disaster to the Akron. Immediately thereafter, every broadcasting station in Great Britain was silent for one minute, as a mark of respect for the victims and sympathy for their families and friends...
...deceased industrial rival, Hartland. At first, Reeves plans to diddle the Hartland heirs out of their shoe factory. Presently he changes his mind; it pleases him better to get himself appointed their guardian under a pseudonym, make them help him build up their plant. This adds to their self-respect and diminishes the conceit of Reeves's nephew. It does not do Reeves Shoe Co. any harm because the nephew falls in love with the Hartland girl (Bette Davis) and it looks as though the companies might merge about the time the two young people get married...
...these, Lenin pointed out, are conducive to revolution; and although there is small possibility for armed revolt in the windy city, the government may yet find that it has turned five thousand school teachers into five thousand radicals who will not be likely to teach children a proper respect for the present political system. Chicago in the past by its demonstrations against evictions has shown that it has the germ of such a radical group...
...permission to past letter men and those on the Varsity. While the authorities have endeavored to insure everyone the opportunity of competing in intramural sports, they have to some extent overlooked the fact that a keener rivalry would induce even more men to participate; a reorganization is in this respect necessary...
Immediately the University made a careful inspection of the building to ascertain in what respect the fire hazard might be minimized, and took action by distributing in all dormitories a printed notice defining the regulations for the use of base plugs, electric stoves and external wiring...