Word: swapping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Thirteen incorrigibles shipped to Siberian stir.' " Siberia, in Michigan stir talk, is Marquette prison. Other items may have a warmer touch. Prisoner So-and-so lost a picture of his wife in the textile factory. Reward for its return: two packs of cigarets. Prisoner Such-and-such will swap a pair of $12 shoes, which don't fit him, for 16 packs of cigarets. Whitsitt used to broadcast complaints and comments on prison regimen, too, but nowadays he has to stick to straight news, paroles and arrivals, personal items...
...speech has been secret; but this time it was broadcast. For 57 minutes Herr Hitler let them have it (see p. 22). At 9:01 he stepped down from the rostrum and briefly passed among his followers. Usually on these occasions he has sat down to sip beer and swap yarns until wee hours, but this time he left the hall after just nine minutes. With him went every prominent Nazi in the place...
...holders of the B. & M.'s $103,833,000 first mortgage bonds swap each dollar for 50? of 20-year 4% first mortgage bonds (or cash, if they demand it), 50? of 30-year bonds to pay 4% when it is earned...
People who like their melodrama raw and in big gulps get their fill. Those who would swap a third-rate Hitchcock any night for a first-rate Laughton get an even break...
...they decided on a swap: for George's wife and daughters, George could have Clarence's wife, seven of the June children, and the cow. Their wives agreed, and the swap was made. They lived that way with less boredom, for three months...