Word: upper
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...72nd Congress should be unexpectedly called into special session next week, the Senate as well as the House would be Democratic. On paper the Republicans lost control of the upper body last week when Colorado's Governor Adams appointed Democrat Walter Walker, newspaper publisher (Grand Junction Sentinel) to the vacancy caused by the death of Republican Senator Charles Winfield Waterman. Present Senate lineup: Democrats, 48; Republicans, 47; Farmer Laborite, I. Enveloped in legal uncertainty was the question of whether Senator-designate Walker would take his seat Dec. 5 or whether Colorado would elect a short-term Senator in November...
...survey found that 74 per cent of Harvard men of the upper three classes wore ready-made clothes, while only 24 per cent went to the tailor for their suits. Automobiles were personally owned by 27 per cent, while an additional 29 per cent have the use of a car. Sixty-five per cent of these men are regular smokers, only five per cent smoke cigars regularly, 42 per cent smoke pipes. The large percentage of 82 are habitual cigarette smokers. Eight per cent of all Harvard students smoke expensive cigarettes. It is revealed also that 66 per cent have...
...zoning ordinance preventing her from renting her house to an oil company, Mrs. Daniel A. Warren hung red flannels in the front yard, painted the front steps red with green risers, the first story bright orange-yellow, the trim of the front door bright blue, the door green, the upper story red, white, green and blue, striped and smeared. She hung two big dummies against the . wall, painted a donkey, an elephant, seven jackasses, a sign "Speak gently, shush, KISS ME," a figure of blindfolded Justice saying "Oh. my!" in an attitude of dancing, a large stein of beer labeled...
...against $75; seven rooms and three baths on 86th Street just off Fifth Avenue, $225 against $342; four rooms in Jackson Heights (big suburban development 20 min. from Manhattan) , $80 against $95. At Park Avenue and 47th Street, ten-room apartments have been offered at $500. In the upper 80's near Park Avenue, six rooms are generally available at $150, four at $125. A five-room duplex in the smart Gracie Square section was offered at $166. In most cases the landlords have been unwilling to accept more than a one-year lease at low prices, feeling...
...cultivate an open throat-unless a pupil has learned these fundamentals at least, no capable, conscientious vocal teacher will turn him loose on the musical market. A singer should make sure that his palate is arched, his tongue slightly grooved, the back wall of his throat visible, his upper lip free...