Word: stouts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...great Berlin office of Mercédés-Daimler-Bentz there was high glee last week as Nazi automotive engineers chuckled over observations made in Manhattan by President William B. Stout of the American Society of Automotive Engineers. "The best way to make the present day car ride easy," declared President Stout, "is to put a lot of weight in the back end. Four hundred pounds of cement in the back seat helps a lot, but if we can put the engine back there and save the weight of the cement we get a better ride, better traction...
...stout Maintainer was referring to the gale which whistled over Cambridge on the evening of Wednesday, December 26, and blew over two eight-foot chimneys on Holyoke House and ripped off numerous skylights on other buildings. The chimneys are now being rebuilt and the roof over the Cambridge Trust Company, struck by one of them as it toppled over, is having half a dozen new rafters put in. The piece of tin, about ten feet square, which was scaled from the top of University Hall is part of a temporary roof installed immediately after the war of 1812. Action...
...eyes to "soft living." The lady takes to reading Red literature. When her husband uncovers the situation, the lacy makes a decision. The Communist is on his way to Toulouse and his hostess is preparing to join in his political vaga bondage by ordering herself a pair of stout walking shoes...
Harvard Club of Houston, Texas. Inquire of Richard A. Stout, Secretary. Shell Petroleum Corporation, Houston, Texas...
General Hugh Johnson: "Head gives impression of being all face. Brutal, coarse, ruthless mug of toadlike consistency. Fleshy features of crude clay. Deep ruts ploughed down cheeks as if by cartwheels through heavy mud. Eyes smothered in stout scallops of pulp. Body prehistoric mound, clothing tugged on in folds like armor-clad rhinoceros. Looks neolithic, neckless, materialistic with powerful drive and stubborn pugnacity. Atavistic. Unusually intelligent primate. Nose.like a darning gourd. Expression like an old procuress...