Word: spending
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with elephants galore, one elephant has always seemed enough to the Nizam. (see cut below). Of late he has given careful thought to whether the World's Richest Man need ride an elephant at all. Suddenly last week the Hyderabad State Railway Shops received rush orders to spend not a penny more than $500 putting streamlined fenders on a Rolls-Royce which gives only eight miles to the gallon and so has been run but 300 miles by His Exalted Highness during its career of 26 years in Hyderabad. While putting on the streamlined fenders, Hyderabad artisans were instructed...
...March 9, Seattle will vote whether to replace worn-out street cars by spend ing $12,500,000 for 240 trackless trolley and 135 busses built by Twin Coach Co. Last week, Washington's Lieutenant Governor Victor Aloysius Meyers, onetime bandmaster, had the American Legion hire a brunette, a blonde and a redhead, all young and pretty, to act as publicity building "hostesses" on a demonstrator model of the new vehicles. Said Vic Meyers: "They will be neat, sweet and discreet. To protect them in the rush hour we'll put bumpers on them, fore...
...topical note is injected into this warm and sprightly comedy when she asks her father: ''What do you think of these 15 judges-do you think he'll get away with it?" "Well," her father answers, "he usually does-but I wish he'd spend more time on his stamp collection...
...minimum marks and maximum hours. If there is any tendency--and there may well be one--for the speeches to resemble the official catalogue, some of the Confidential Guide tricks will come in handy. Each instructor might be followed by seniors just through the particular mill, who would spend a few minutes describing the field from the undergraduate point of view. However, the spirit with which the faculty are going into the undertaking promises a help to Freshmen that is both invaluable and realistic...
...young girl who leaves the country for Paris, comes to love luxury and beautiful surroundings, and resorts willingly to free love as a means of achieving them. After the manner of Manon Lescaut, she sees no object in marriage even after Armand captures her heart and they spend an idyllic summer in the country at the expense of his chances to obtain a diplomatic position...