Word: whatnots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been always wrong"-"A man for whose opinion the market has no great regard"-"A chronic bear always predicting disaster"-were typical introductory sentences to Babson-flaying opinions. Last week the Market broke and the commentators either blamed the Hatry incident, the Snowden speech, the loans to brokers, or whatnot-or else conceded that stocks had been forced to artificial heights. Vindicated, Mr. Babson said nothing...
...Washingtonians discussing the President's problems with tariff-makers, big-navy advocates and whatnot, were interested last week to hear bruited the following dialog...
...usually guesses or knows how each match will come out. Successful fight betting has been not the least source of the Hoff fortune. The Hoff "mob" brings him much news from far places and when the young men are not fighting he keeps them busy driving trucks and whatnot...
...POOR GENTLEMAN (Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1928, $2.50) is a pleasantly written adventure and mystery story. Mr. Hay tries to weave an element of political philosophy into the tale and manages to combine his propaganda with flection very agreeably. It is a story of love, bolsheviks, kidnappers, and whatnot, all culminating in a happy ending...
Excepting a few pieces of furniture, many a U. S. inhabitant has furnished his home with shrewd purchases at 5? & 10? stores. To these emporiums he has also hastened for Christmas presents and such luxuries of life as teacups, cookies, ribbons, bottle openers, pins, whatnot. It was announced last week that 14 leading chain store systems, chiefly of the nickel & dime variety, had made an average sales increase of 15.7% in 1927. The list, with value of 1927 sales and percentage of increase over 1926, follows...