Word: take
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...readers of the New York World know well, the cartoons by Will B. Johnstone are always absurd, usually funny. His method is to take a news item, carry it pictorially to a ludicrous conclusion. A fortnight ago, he came upon "Chicago offers prize for poster boosting its World's Fair in 1933," as his news item. His cartoon in the form of a poster, showed a dog-faced gunman leaning on a World's Fair building which was labeled "100% American-Thompson Hall."* The smoke of the gunman's gun spelled: CHICAGO WELCOMES YOU! Other gangsters, disguised...
...functional disturbances caused by mental strain, worry, improper living, neglect of personal hygiene. Some men had decayed teeth, others poor eyesight, improper glasses; some were under weight, others over weight. Men bright enough to have become Dennison executives were not smart enough to eat properly, sleep enough, avoid constipation, take exercise. President Dennison's example and the medical examiner's urgency made the executives start to remedy their physical defects and errors of living...
...this Company Doctor Halstead G. Murray was proud to report to the American Medical Association at Minneapolis last June. But he was obliged to admit that even after nine years, half of the Dennison executives take no exercise in winter...
...Murray; at Minneapolis he had spoken far more emphatically. Said he: "More than 99% of our executives are troubled with constipation. ... I have also found in our group that lack of exercise is the most prolific cause of disease or ill health in our executives. If he would take a picture of the executives who are over 40, and show them how they look in silhouet in the nude, I think it would impress them. . . . I preach to them three things-posture, exercise and the wearing of suspenders. There are more big stomachs caused by the wearing of a belt...
Meadowbrook speculated, but at heart felt confident the U. S. would take the series, as it had against the Army-in-India last year, and against England in 1924. Most dangerous threat of the Argentines, as everyone knows, is Canadian-born Lewis Lacey, captain and the only ten-goal man among the invaders. Blue-eyed, slight, Poloist Lacey is capable of bearing the burden of his entire team. On occasion, and notably when he played for England in 1924, he has been both offense and defense...