Word: tempts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...drove a few miles south of Plattsmouth to a filling station. Waiting there they soon saw a car racing along at 60 m. p. h. They let it pass and followed it. Soon the bandits slowed down, began to drive a weaving course pretending they were drunken drivers to tempt their pursuers alongside. The Sylvesters refused to be tempted, finally cornered their men at the dead end of a street in Plattsmouth. Sheriff Sylvester and his brother had them covered. Power and Suhay surrendered without a shot, were disarmed and handcuffed. A few hours later, Federal Agents had them...
...Plucked up hope that it may be possible to tempt enough young men to enlist in the British Army without resorting to hated conscription, when the Duke of Windsor's close friend War Secretary Alfred Duff Cooper disclosed the plans of His Majesty's Government for "Kidding Kids Into The Army," as amused journals soon expressed it in headlines last week...
Price-cutting in the can industry is very unorthodox. Profit per can runs between two-tenths and three-tenths of a cent, which is not enough to tempt many people into the business unless they can hope for tremendous volume. Cans sell for about 2? each. At best it is a hard business to break into because the established can makers and their customers are usually tied together with long-term contracts, often with physical connections. Cans for Campbell soup in Camden, N. J. roll out of an adjoining Continental plant. And a neophyte can maker like Crown can hardly...
...Justice for one W. E.Notman, a clerk dismissed by the Glasgow office of the Commercial Bank of Scotland. This bank, as many English banks used to do, operates on the theory that if a low-paid employe marries, the needs of his wife & children may sooner or later tempt him to pilfer money from the bank. Eleven years ago, when Clerk Notman was first employed, he was told that he could not marry until his salary had reached ?200 per year ($1,000). Two years ago it had reached ?160, and both Mr. Notman and his longtime fianc...
...road is a striking engineering achievement, marked by easy grades and wide curves, which seemingly tempt the average driver to "hit it up," for speeds of 60 m.p.h. and better were common until Highway Patrol Chief Ray Cato started to police the stretch...