Word: stints
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Catholic, her conscience is with her as constantly as her portable typewriter, which it is not unusual to see in action on station platforms or in railroad cars when her copy is nearly due. Mornings at home, her telephones (and her husband's) are disconnected until the day's stint is done. Said she once to an interviewer: "Please don't make me out a prig. I wish you'd think of me as a strong, silent character, but I'm afraid...
Rich, Mr. Washburn did not stint himself in Vienna, one of the cheapest capitals in the world. He lived in almost regal style, butlered, footmanned, flunkied. Mrs. Washburn's balls were of a character to make her the uncrowned queen of the Diplomatic Corps...