Word: worsteds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...expected that the worst was over, although on the street in Los Angeles one could still feel but not hear an ominous underground rumbling. At 9:10 came a shock even more terrific than the first...
...review of the various events which would designate an outstanding man for the year, did you consider the achievements of the Chinese Minister of Finance, Mr. T. V. Soong, who in addition to balancing the budget for his government, also headed the organization which repaired the ravages of the worst flood in modern history, effectively relieving the distress of 15 million flood victims and completely restoring over 5,000 mi. of dyke...
...York City was the worst "sweat" spot in the State and its dressmaking industry, employing 50.000 women, was the most "sweated" trade. Unscrupulous employers, with a labor surplus at hand, had battered wages down to the Chinese coolie level. In many a sweatshop the "U. S. standard of living," which the textile tariff is supposed to protect, had declined to a point where workers could subsist only with the help of charity. Girls were sleeping in subways because they could not earn the price of a bed. Hospitals were filling with women who had worked themselves into a state...
...policy of housing dropped Freshmen there is perhaps the worst feature of the hall. These students, who are most in need of an environment conducive to study, are relegated to a building which is poorly ventilated, an eyesore externally and internally, and has the plumbing and lighting fixtures of a bygone age. Even with this, the room rents are exorbitant. Finally, its frame construction, its single fire-extinguisher, and its narrow stairways, make it a dangerous fire-trap. If the University has any regard for safety and congeniality in its housing accommodations, then the abandonment of Shepherd Hall...
...organization that can show more than 15,000,000 adherents after 70 years -an irreducible minimum in the reaction from the worst depression the world has ever seen-is indeed testimony to the virility of the principles which Lincoln enunciated. Those principles assure that [the Republican Party] will be recalled to power. . . . The people determined the election. We have no complaint. As Americans we will continue wholeheartedly to do our part in promoting the well-being of the country...