Word: worsteds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Pardon me if the criticism seems unduly harsh. It is my opinion that there is altogether too much loose writing and talking in the Field of Medicine. We of the Profession are the worst offenders-but we reserve the privilege...
...less than 20.000, permitted elsewhere. Son-in-law Harewood was strongly against any skywriting at all. On the subject of billboards and outdoor advertising. Lord Harewood was optimistic. Five years ago the Scapa Society drew up a code for outdoor advertisers, which was largely being lived up to. "The worst offenders," said he. ''are not the great billposting concerns, which appreciate that advertising which arouses strong criticism is bad business. . . . The Society has long been gravely concerned by the increasing disfigurement of picturesque country villages and small towns by advertisements of various proprietary articles: tea, cocoa, tobacco, cigarettes...
...credit to the firm and to marry Ainsley's nice but not very attractive daughter Catherine. Carr was a success in a business way, but before he was old enough to realize his other duty he fell desperately in love with Cordelia, daughter of his father's worst enemy. In spite of unanimous opposition they married and were forgiven, but Carr lost his chance of a fortune. He prospered, however, and when old Mr. Ainsley died, Carr was managing the firm and making a pretty penny for Catherine, who had inherited a controlling interest. All might have been...
...kitchen maid who did the work: I had hoped that the kitchen would be able to discipline itself. Indeed we were making progress in that direction, but there was always a small minority who refused co-operation and were unwilling to accept selfdiscipline. They represented rugged individualism at its worst. . . . So business having failed to discipline itself, I see no escape from some direction and control by the lady in the parlor, but I am not willing to turn the kitchen over to the lovely lady who talks so easily and so gracefully until I know she is competent...
...worst auto-thieving city in the U. S., Chicago enjoys the highest U. S. theft insurance rates. In San Francisco it costs 75? per $100 to insure a Chrysler, in Washington 95?, in Boston $1.70, in Manhattan $3.05, in Chicago $9.18-$91.80 a year for $1,000 of insurance...