Word: stripping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...acquaintance of at least a third of the nation's citizenry with nature is largely limited to the spectacle of a strip of park lawn and a few trees which have valiantly withstood the ravages of factory smoke. City shut-ins are likely to forget that all one needs to penetrate a wilderness of 13,000 sq. mi. is a car. a fortnight and a few dollars. The National Park Service does the rest. These are popular Western spots...
...Less" at his first White House breakfast meant one strip of bacon instead of three. The rest of his usual breakfast dishes he ate with relish and apparent forgetfulness of his reducing regime...
...that Hearst has taught "People Who Think" to regard as wicked. Not only regular newshawks but Hearst financial editors and feature writers like Damon Runyon and Ed Hill (see p. 40) were sent to Washington. The New York Journal shrieked: REVEAL MORGAN RULES INDUSTRY. In a page-wide strip of Morgan pictures in the Journal the banker's mustache was obviously painted out to give him a long, flaccid upper lip and Capone-like mien. Editorially Hearst was slow in getting under way. being still excited over the "foreign entanglements'' which the U. S. had incurred...
...legislating them out of existence. Governor Lehman signed a bill which decreed that hereafter no marriage within the State shall be valid unless solemnized by a clergyman or a civil officer. The measure does not disturb those already living in informal wedlock. Its advocates predicted that it would strip "golddiggers" of their strongest weapon in claiming a widow's right in a dead man's estate. Its opponents feared it would work hardship upon ignorant, simple women who thought they were getting married by a mere...
...steel business. Steel operations which began April at about 15% of capacity, closed the month at nearly 30% capacity, biggest one-month jump since 1930. In some districts such as Cleveland they were reported at over 40%. Not only did prices for scrap steel mount but manufacturers of hot strip and sheet steel boosted their prices $2 a ton. Increased purchases were reported for virtually all classes except structural steel. Economists found more real hope in steel's upturn than in all inflation talk...