Word: suit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Laughing Matter. In Salt Lake City, Mrs. Ida Thompson complained in her divorce suit that her husband "frequently purchased comic books by the dozen [and] read them...
...scientists from Britain's great research laboratories. Said one of these undauntedly: "So far, the whole [high altitude rocket] program is American. We cannot afford to sponsor direct development. But even if we have nothing but pencil and paper, we intend to keep at the problem." Space Suit. With pencil, paper and soaring imagination, Britain's rocketeers are not afraid to tackle any of the problems of space travel. On exhibition at the technical institute of St. Martin's School of Art, London, is a carefully designed (on paper) rocket for carrying a man 180 miles...
...raise cash to buy Chicago's Palmer House. But he never forgot his goal. Last week, Connie Hilton proudly announced that he had reached it. Both he and the Waldorf's stockholders had signed the deal, and barring "a fire, an atom bomb or a nuisance suit," the Waldorf would become No. 16 in the Hilton chain this week...
...added spur was a four weeks' "Dress Yourself" contest. Salesmen got clothing prizes (ties, shirts, etc.) depending on what they sold, with the top prize a suit. At meetings once a week, salesmen could wear only what they had won. At the first meeting, some were barely decent. Last week. Joske's totted up results of the contest. In a month, $232,000 worth of Frigidaires had been sold-and 20 suits given out. Since the campaign started, Joske's has sold $750,000 worth, more than most big stores sell in a year...
Whose Lead Quarter? The Best of Intentions is Joe's confession, not of his sins, but of his frustrations-the fights he backed out of, the infidelities unconsummated, the arguments with the salesman who tried to sell him a suit he didn't want and with the cafeteria cashier who refused to take back a lead quarter...