Word: tiring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...after two years or so of popular music, college men often tire of it. Upon the recommendation of their girls, they try some of the lighter classics like Gilbert and Sullivan. After Gilbert and Sullivan they try Tchaikovsky; then they are on their way to Brahms...
HYGIENE BUILDING: An evening of good clean fun, no couvert. The stagline tends to be pretty long, but you won't tire when you hear old Chic Sales' healthy entertainment. The bar carries a complete line of restoratives...
...Manhattan after a European trip Russell Allen Firestone, second son of Tire Tycoon Harvey Firestone and member of Frank N. D. Buchman's First Century Christian Fellowship, was asked by a newshawk: "How can there be unselfishness in business under the capitalistic system?" Russell Allen Firestone replied: "Well, I feel that the real harm from capitalism, as it affects labor, has come from anonymous capital and not the widely-known capitalists. For example, men like my father, John D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford believe in aiding those who work for them. They live for service and really are altruistic...
...That was all cleared up long ago!" cried the Dutchman. "I set the tire. None of these other defendants had anything to do with it. A symbolism has come into this trial and I protest against...
...years one company and another has been reported dickering for oil rights. This autumn Humble Oil & Refining Co., subsidiary of Standard of New Jersey, closed the deal. In exchange for a low rental on drilling rights (13? an acre) Humble takes over the ranch's en tire funded debt (some $3,000,000) on a 20-year note, the interest at 5% payable at the end of the period. This means a yearly income somewhat over $130,000 (figuring the ranch's drilling acres at 1,000,000) in addition to the usual royalty of one barrel...