Word: sit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Very little of this was believed in fiscal Paris. Up went eyebrows as M. Auriol made provision for labor union and employer association delegates to sit ultimately in the councils of the Bank of France, threatened Frenchmen who have funds abroad with confiscation of equivalent funds unless the foreign deposit is reported to the Government, and implied that his "Baby Bonds" had better find quick buyers-or else. "We must conquer egotism and fear!" cried Vincent Auriol with something of Franklin Roosevelt's lilt. "Already I have in my hand a list of citizens who have evaded their duty...
...sit in the Chamber, Senate or Cabinet with hats on or with hats off was the dilemma last week of three good and even great women, the first of their sex ever appointed to a French Cabinet (TIME, June 15). Sensibly they conferred. In the United Kingdom, they know, female members of the Mother of Parliaments, such as Lady Astor, sit in hats. Last week, however, buxom and expensively dressed Undersecretary for National Education Cécile Léon Brunschvicg; drawn-faced and thrifty Undersecretary for Scientific Research Iréne Curie-Joliot; and sweetly garrulous Undersecretary for Child...
...dump or any evidence of ashes except that the coal (anthracite) bin was nearly empty. "Can't I have those ashes?" asked Fred. "Sure, but what do you want them for?" I countered. "I want to feed them to my hogs," quoth Fred. "Go way back and sit down," I remarked testily. "Come and see," said Fred. He took a basketful of ashes and cinders and gave them to the porkers who ate them ravenously. That galoot Fred had been wintering his hogs with my ashes, and they appeared to thrive on them. WILLIAM E. JOHNSON McDonough...
...perform divers services on said day and at the time of the coronation ... we therefore out of our princely care for the preservation of the lawful rights and inheritances . . . have appointed our most dear brother and counselor, His Royal Highness Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York ... to sit in the Council Chamber at Whitehall ... [so that all persons whom it may concern] may give their attendance for the exhibiting of their petitions and claims for performance...
...Canadians promptly deluged Ryan the Prodigal with offers of jobs. After due thought he accepted two: one as an automobile salesman in a Toronto suburb which gave him the use of a car, time off for long, mysterious automobile trips; the other from Toronto's Hotel Nealon to sit about the lobby of an evening, be pointed out as "Canada's Dillinger" (reformed), and greet visiting firemen. Red Ryan's lectures, incorporated in a book called The Futility of Crime, were ready for the presses last week. Ryan the Prodigal never neglected to pay weekly visits...