Word: livelihood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this resolution, the 400 of music pointed with scorn at the talking cinema. Small is the loss of their livelihood, said the 400, compared to the incalculable loss which the public must suffer from "canned music." Gone will be all chance for U. S. youth-culture; gone will be all appreciation for artistic renditions. Mechanical, soulless music will pervert and deaden the public musical sense. The resolution continued...
...Electives released yesterday, Economics continues to be the favorite field of concentration for the Freshmen, with English coming second, and History third. As a rule, there seems to be a tendency for Freshmen to concentrate in fields which prepare directly for a graduate school or for earning a livelihood...
...Cecilia Black. 35, mother of three, was Chicago's first female captive under the Five & Ten. Deserted by her husband, she was trying to eke out a livelihood transporting five-gallon cans of alcohol in the back...
These things were told the 20th annual convention of Merchant Tailors, assembled in Philadelphia last week; by Tailor Wilbur W. Stewart. Tailor Stewart believes in restrictive immigration but suggests that the Department of Labor, instead of admitting unskilled aliens who make a livelihood only with difficulty, survey the labor field with a view to relieving special trades suffering from skilled labor shortages...
...humanity from gigolo to genius. His notebooks fattened with vicarious experiences. Nana's obscene smiles were for his pages, not for him. Called by the public Dr. Filth, the slimy Giant, he was in reality a clinical analyst of living. His private life was of astounding purity. His livelihood was labor, his distraction more labor...