Word: sheering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Theodore Roosevelt or his like in the White House might well have been impelled long since, by sheer curiosity, to have a look at such a national phenomenon as Chicago's Alphonse ("Scarface") Capone has been allowed to become. It would have been distinctly Rooseveltian to command Capone's presence in Washington on any old pretext and settle his hash out of hand...
...ground. The opprobrium of bad taste is not even a sufficient indictment. Arousing men out of bed to annoy them with assinine questions all night long is bad enough, but to attempt to spread rumors about the President of the University shows an absolutely unexplainable height of sheer offensiveness...
After a long and successful run in New York and London "Berkeley Square" has at last come to Boston to provide a very excellent evening's entertainment. For sheer dramatic pleasure this play is by far the best offering to be seen here at the present time. The honors are equally divided between Mr. Leslie Howard and Mr. John Balderston, the author; although the various other features such as the supporting cast and the settings are safely above the average...
Whether or not the price war ensues, it was considered likely that one or two powerful groups of manufacturers would, by virtue of sheer strength, succeed the Institute as the influence to stabilize prices and regulate expansion of the industry. Armed with both Hearst and Rothermere contracts, the richest in the world, President James Henry Gundy of C. P. & P. loomed as logical Moses to lead the indus-try from its factional wilderness. Abitibi Power & Paper Co. and St. Lawrence Corp. would be possible allies of C. P. & P. in such a union. International Paper & Power Corp. might head another...
Whatever bent you follow, however, whatever subject you pursue, whatever ambition may inspire you, the only way yet devised to bring you success is through work--sheer, hard, consistent work. There is no short-cut. Thomas Edison said that success is made up of 2 percent of genius, and 98 percent of hard work. When asked if he didn't believe that genius was inspiration, he replied: "No, genius is perspiration...