Word: tiring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Camels, you find tobacco at once rich, mild, and perfect in taste. Camels set you right! They give you a cheery "lift." And never jangle your nerves or tire your taste...
...with the sudden resolution to drive down to New York at about one o'clock in the morning. Two of them jumped into the front seat, one into the rumble, and off they went to Boston. The owner, despite his jubilation, had portentous suspicions of a certain soft front tire and decided to purchase a new one before setting out on the lengthy journey. After much scanning and scouring of the streets of Boston, as Fate would have it, nowhere could they discover a tire shop that wasn't closed for the night. Before long the occupant of the rumble...
...production of 2,000,000 sets compared to an estimate of more than 4,000,000 for household units. Since about 4,500,000 cars will probably be sold this year, nearly one out of every two may carry a radio as naturally as a spare tire...
...days before last week's performance the prima donna from Jellico, Tenn. kept to her suite in the Hotel Sherry-Netherland, refusing to speak lest she tire her voice. On the stage she exhibited more grace and confidence than she did at her debut in 1928. Otherwise her progress was unnoticeable. Her voice, at best, is naturally ingratiating. But it is still technically insecure, often feeble and rasping when she strives for top notes, empty and meaningless when she tries to sing...
...little businessmen arrived in Washington last week just in time to hear another piece of news sweet to the ears. After more than two years of hearings in various cities of the land, the Federal Trade Commission ordered Goodyear Tire & Rubber to cease and desist from granting special favors to Sears, Roebuck & Co. in return for the privilege of making the tires that Sears sells under its own brand names. This mail-order business has often accounted for 10% of Goodyear's total sales...