Word: ridded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...about 70-not because it was intrinsically worth so much as because so many people had sold it who did not own it. The Stock Exchange is closely watching the stock, in fear of a corner developing. The "shorts" must either buy Sumatra preferred at high prices and get rid of a bad bargain, or else stay short, borrowing, the stock and paying a premium of ½% or more a day ($50 a day on each 100 shares...
...evidence of appealing to the public taste. Naturally enough, the particular man in the case turns out very good indeed at the last, gives up his native housekeeper and falls into the arms of his old sweetheart from the States. Before he can accomplish this, it is necessary to rid the plot of her unpleasant husband. The riddance is ably assisted by a jealous native and a school of sharks. Stirred into this is a silly ass Englishman, a drunken sailor, a governor general, a fervent thunderstorm and some native dancing. George Gaul is conspicuous as the native...
...house the other day," Miss Abbie recounted. "He was one of these modern business men. He said that he would not leave until I had sold him the house; that nothing should stand in his way. Finally, I decided that there was only one way to get rid of him and that was to convince him that I was insane. 'All right,' I said, 'you may buy the house on one condition.' He assured me that conditions were nothing compared with his determination to own my house. 'Well,' I told him, 'there...
...Tame Asses", "Learning", and "Too Many Educators", address themselves to the absorbing problem of ourselves as undergraduates, graduates, and teachers. The caption of the first article not only has a flick at current fiction; it recalls a profoundly significant remark of Mandell Creighton's that. "After we have got rid of the ape and the tiger we shall have to dispose of the donkey, a much more intractable animal." It is reassuring to find the Liberal Club trying to put spirit and glorified common sense into the head of this domestic brute. The burden of the complaint is the submissiveness...
...here," said Mr. Clive, "to criticize your President or your Board of Control, but I think it is a damnable thing that they should try to throttle or stifle the drama. In getting rid of Professor Baker, Harvard has lost; Boston has lost; and Yale has been the gainer...