Word: spent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last weekend the Vagabond set himself for an enormous coverage of work. Divisionals were rolling in, and this was no time to fool around. But when Saturday afternoon had somewhat spent itself in the stacks of Harry's Club, he couldn't resist going down to the old ship-yard just to take a look at his small cruising cutter. There it was tucked away in the corner of the big shed. It's bottom was rough and brown but a little work would fix it up, he thought--as he climbed over the side and stepped quietly into...
...also called Poet Eberhart "wet behind the ears," which means that he is young and docs not think and plan sufficiently. This is impossible as Eberhart spent about seven years writing this book, therefore it must be thought and planned sufficiently...
...invite Mr. Ford through an emissary than to summon him directly. Having deduced this much-despite rumors that Hall Roosevelt had given the invitation on his own account, thus putting his brother-in-law in the position of being forced to second it-the nation's press spent the rest of the week speculating on what, since he wanted nothing and had also promised to give no advice, Mr. Ford was going to the White House for. As to this, neither Mr. Ford-who is scheduled to speak at the A. N. P. A. convention in New York City...
...leaders, ten were sent up for armed robbery, three for murder, one for burglary. All but two had been raised in cities of 50,000 or more, and the two exceptions had lived in such cities since adolescence. All but five had spent 18 months or more in other penal institutions. All without exception had shown delinquency at an early age. In physique they ranged from skinny giants to chunky short men, but Mr. Clemmer noticed that none was overweight...
...great elms on the Capitol grounds, it posed engineers a tortuous problem. Solution: an endless belt of aluminum plates strung together on the escalator principle, with enough play to take the curves, and powered by seven dwarf motors. Initial cost of $175,000 seemed staggering beside the $25,000 spent on the Senate trolley, but there were compensations. Annual appropriation for operating the Senate subway, which requires two motormen, is $2,000, while running cost for the moving sidewalk would be only for the flick of a switch, morning and night, and for the electricity. Furthermore, each trip...