Word: rid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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President Roosevelt sat at his desk in the White House all one day last week happy in the thought that before another dawn he would get rid of Congress for six months. Towards evening he paused to dictate the customary letter of farewell and appreciation from the President to his co-workers at the Capitol...
...story of Many Happy Returns is loosely wound around the efforts of Gracie's father to get rid of her when he returns from Europe and finds her pro posing to turn his Manhattan department store into a bird sanctuary. The trip to Hollywood is the result of a marriage arranged when her father offers to pay Burns $10 for every mile away from New York the honeymoon takes the couple. An overextension of Burns & Allen radio programs, Many Happy Returns, like Six of a Kind, should delight audiences who can stand such gags as: "I've never...
...kept him fairly equable through bankruptcy, an accusation of treason, a near-drowning, when he was thrown into the River Rhone by Caligula's orders. In the sabbatanic orgies at the palace Claudius played well his appointed role of buffoon, bided his time. But when a conspiracy finally rid Rome of Caligula, only a threat of death from the Palace Guard made Claudius choose the unwanted post of Emperor. He comforted himself by thinking that now he could give public readings from his history, and people would have to come and pay attention...
...rid NRA of some of its worst body squeaks, President Roosevelt last week authorized General Johnson to strike out the price fixing and trade practice provisions in the codes of service industries. Next day General Johnson promptly performed the permitted operation on seven codes: 1) cleaning & dyeing; 2) automobile storage and parking; 3) barbers: 4) bowling and billiards; 5) shoe rebuilding; 6) advertising display installations: 7) advertising distribution. This stripped these codes to the bare bone of wage, hour, child labor, and collective bargaining clauses which service industries must still obey. Local groups may write prices back into their local...
...Textbook Loan Library, which lends textbooks to needy students for a nominal sum, will be directed by G. Hinckley Porter '35. The theory behind this drive is that people will be so glad to get rid of their books immediately after taking their examinations that they will gladly present them to the Library representative at the examination place. Books are greatly needed to replenish the waning supply now available at Phillips Brooks, House, since the demand for them has been increasing annually...