Word: pampering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Casey Jones, relict of the famed engineer, sharp-eyed and spry at "over 80," rode up from Jackson, Tenn. to Chicago for a railroad fair, reminisced about Casey: "Laughing brown eyes that had the imp in them . . . took care of his engine like some people pamper a dog." On the fair: "Some doin's. Only wish Casey could be here. But I don't know what he'd think of these new diesels and the 'astra domes' and stuff...
...short of inspirational. These men have fully utilized the material provided by the Freshman Dean's office--material that includes all the information concerning the student that was available to the Board of Admissions, as well as placement grades and a confidential parental letter. These advisers do not necessarily pamper or subdue the individual. Rather do they help him to adapt his individuality to his college with a minimum of friction, a minimum of mistakes. They stand as interpreters of the University, not as mere representatives of its rule books. When a Freshman arrives full of eagerness to plunge into...
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, pelted with bizarre job offers after Daughter Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski suggested she go to work, chose to go into business for herself. Scheme: a Gloria Vanderbilt pamper-shop in Manhattan-soaps, lotions, perfume...
...good example of how the railroads will pamper their passengers with new equipment was the $6 million, 60-car order which, last week, was ready for signing with the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Co. Three railroads (the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Denver & Rio Grande Western, the Western Pacific) plan to operate the new equipment in ten-car, diesel-powered daily streamliners be tween Chicago and San Francisco. The first of the new trains will go into service next summer...
...Curtis Nettels did not precisely agree with Oboler, but he did let fly at Radio's business-as-usual patter. Said he, in the New Republic: "He [the radio advertiser] puts us off guard; he lulls us with a feeling of false security; he invites us to pamper our appetites when we need to be self-denying and hardy. He magnifies the trivial when great efforts are necessary for our survival...