Word: steps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...forget it. Edith Wynner to the contrary, men in general, who have been in a front-line dressing station during an attack, who have chewed up a towel or two to keep their screams from blending with the shrieks and moans of the endless "dressing hours," do not goose step, wave flags, or cry for more and better wars. Neither are they yellow. I speak with an authority acquired in 18 months spent in such widely separated military hospitals as Royat, Brest, Fox Hills, Cape May, Camp Dodge and Fort Sheridan. Edith's contacts with war-shattered wrecks must...
...rose, started for the door. Mr. Ritter remained seated with arms folded, as if his disgrace glued him to his chair. Finally he half rose, and for a moment seemed about to collapse. Then, with an effort, he stood erect, marched out of the Senate Chamber with a firm step. Newshawks crowded around asking questions. With a look of anguish in his eyes he declared: "I have nothing to say. God, can't you see why I have nothing to say? I'm going back to Florida...
...seasoned trouper. In Captain January she had to come down a 45-ft. lighthouse stairway while a camera crane moved beside her catching a line at each turn of the stairs. The difficulty was to time the lines exactly to the turns and simultaneously to a dance step with which she was punctuating her words. Shirley did not miss once...
...what it considered another forward step, the Stock Exchange last month suggested that listed companies issue interim earnings reports on a twelve-month basis instead of in the usual quarterly or half-year form. In the past this form of report has been widely used by utilities but rarely by industrials. Two conspicuous exceptions have been Continental Can and Owens Illinois Glass, both of which publish earnings every three months covering operations for the preceding twelve months. Chief advantage is that it automatically irons out any seasonal factors in a company's business, each report taking in a full...
...this situation, it has been decided to offer more opportunities for an eclectic method of education; a method where-by the best qualities of two highly dissimilar fields might be combined for the benefit of the individual student. The field of History and Science will undoubtedly prove an immense step forward in this scheme and its value will be incalculable if the many opportunities provided by it are recognized and used by the students. It is to be hoped that these opportunities will be accepted in the spirit in which they are offered, and that by its interest the student...