Word: various
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Netherlands Government came through with $14,000, various interested companies, such as oil, agreed to put up some $5,000 apiece annually for five years...
...staff of yellow ribbons, who knelt and prayed, then played The Sheik of Araby on a mouth organ. On the Valentino anniversary last week, photographers swarmed around the Hollywood Cemetery like bees on jam. One Woman in Black was waiting when the gates opened. Two more arrived at various times during the day. The photographers phlegmatically took pictures of the prettiest and blondest dabbing daintily at her eyes with a handkerchief...
...they decided, was to be drawn from relief rolls in four classes: professional, skilled, intermediate and unskilled. As by their works they became better known, skilled men were employed in research, teaching and craft work, intermediates formed an apprentice class for training, and unskilled personnel came in handy in various ways...
...month, bottom wage, $45. By selecting plain, large quarters for rental, by mimeographing catalogues, manuals and books instead of printing them, and in general by going easy on creature comforts, the Project has not only saved money but has avoided artiness so completely that its various units in operation resemble sober workmen's guilds...
...lonely for a while, But the process of orientation is primarily your own problem; to solve it, you must put yourself forward, give equally for what you take. Go to the Union and meet your fellow-classmen; walk about the Yard and learn the names of the various buildings; participate in the functions of Phillips Brooks House...