Word: soft
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Mr. Steelman began his labors, 340,000 soft-coal miners in nine Appalachian coal States had been off their jobs since April i, but they technically were not on strike. Last week this pretense was abandoned. In 17 more States (principally in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado) 125,000 more Lewis miners stopped work at a word from him. In Pennsylvania, 100,000 hard-coal miners were ready to go out this week, should anthracite operators prove as stubborn as their bituminous brothers had been...
...evidence. . . . For one thing, you may go in for corset lacing. Front lacing. Back lacing. Lacing that will, when you want, nip in your waist two or three inches. . . . To allow your hips to round out . . . many a new corset aims to release, rather than to flatten, hips -employing soft fabric gores and gussets on the sides to lighten the hip control. . . . The better to accentuate the bust . . . some corsets mount from two to six inches above the waist. . . . Already, of course, you're used to the idea of the camisoles, petticoats, ruffled panties, batiste underwear with lace...
...dresses with conservative elegance, never goes out without a slender walking stick, which he manipulates expertly, accenting the delicacy of his beringed hands (he has a passion for rings). His voice is soft, rich and low with a gentle, melancholy brogue. He is rather vain of his tenor, which he likes to join with his son's bass at small family celebrations...
Further technical problems confront, the staff in the making of the record. The needle must be adjusted to cut just right; the chemical makeup of the record must be neither too hard nor too soft; high and low notes must be carefully merged together. In all of these factors the staff plans extensive experimentation in order to learn the fundamentals of what goes on behind the scenes in a radio broadcast...
...elephants amused Vag no end. Maybe it was their huge strength that attracted him, or their soft and sensitive cars. But whatever it was, he loved to watch them eat peanuts out of his hand, and do amazing tricks at the trainer's command. But as Billy seemed so restless, Vag moved on into the big arena, to see the real show. Just as the sound of music, cracking whips, pistol shots, and cannons came to his car, Billy plucked at his coat. "Gee, I don't feel so good. Let's sit down a while. I don't want...