Word: rubbishing
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...profound respect for almost all forms of Christianity, or even, of "Religion," though I do not find it necessary to capitalize the last word at every turn like your anonymous correspondent, the inference being that his religion is true and holy, and all the others the sheerest bunk and rubbish. My doxy is all right, and your doxy is a bad 'un, as Carlyle was wont to remark...
...Abraham Flexner, author of "Universities: American, English, and German," in which he criticized American universities and Harvard in particular for the teaching of "rubbish" in their business courses, was a visitor at the Harvard Business School yesterday. As far as could be learned he has not modified his views and will probably restate them in a speech to be given at the Old South Forum on Sunday afternoon...
...cost of collection and disposal of rubbish and garbage in the City of Providence for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1930 was $4.869 per ton; $1.662 per ton for incineration and disposal including administration and maintenance of building, furnaces, grounds and disposal equipment and $3.207 for collection including administration and maintenance of collection equipment, garage, stable, etc., a total as above stated of about...
...your information I am enclosing a copy of report of the operation, appropriation and expenditures of the Garbage and Rubbish Disposal Department of the City of Providence for the fiscal year ending Sept...
...cost of garbage disposal in Providence, Florence and 40 other municipalities was set forth in Municipal Sanitation. Of the $218,000 Providence spent last year on garbage & rubbish, $142,000 was for collection. $73,000 for incineration. Among the collection costs were $107,000 in wages, $6,263 for gasoline, $4,450 for feed and hay, $1,104 for wagon repairing and horseshoeing. Incineration wages (cranemen, firemen, hoppermen et al.) totalled...