Word: worsteds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...inefficient technique of recruiting the speakers. The only notice given of the impending competition is an uninspiring card informing all and sundry that there is to be a trial for Commencement parts. Little or no attempt is made to stimulate the interest of Seniors in the competition. Worst of all the trials are held in the weeks immediately preceding the divisional examinations. As a result of this system, few men even enter the competition, and those that do rarely represent the leaders of the graduating group...
...Social Democratic Federation of the U. S." on "democratic socialist principles and seeking to unite all farmers and workers with hand or brain." Said Norman Thomas bitterly: "I can almost find it in my heart to be sorry for them. ... At best it is a face-saver. At worst it is a mere spite party doomed to futility." Left to itself, the remainder of the Socialist party shouted down an invitation to join the Communists on a common ticket. Slated for adoption was a platform calling for public ownership of key industries; peace; slum clearance; a 30-hour week...
...South Central States marked an-other slump. Probable worst was Devil's Swamp by Oklahoma's Edith Mahier. Kentucky's Frank W. Long painted Singer Jack Niles with his dulcinet. There were plenty of portraits of pretty white women and brave white gentlemen...
...British mountain-climbing assault in 15 years on Mt. Everest. It had taken the party more than three months to get from London to their present height. Mountaineers, aware that 14 men have so far lost their lives trying to scale Everest, were of the gloomy opinion that the worst was yet to come...
...Some 63,000,000 U. S. policyholders own more than $100,000,000,000 worth of insurance, which is about 70% of the world total. Only a few relatively small companies failed in the six lean years. Even in the worst years 7% of the U. S. national income was delivered into the hands of insurance companies in the form of premiums. And to the delight of all insurance salesmen the volume of new business last year set an all-time record...