Word: fires
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...losing his present job, if he is fortunate enough to have one. He is very sensitive as to the treatment he receives at the factory gate at the hands of the officers of the law and the factory officials. Moreover he considers it highly unjust that the foreman can fire him from his job for little or no reason and believes that in such a case he should have the right to bring the matter before a court of appeal...
...great hullabaloo was raised over the "crime wave" which was convulsing the city because of the evil ways in which the police had fallen. Figures appeared showing the prevalency of crime and the failure of the police to handle the situation. At the same time the department under fire refused to allow any inspection of its records, or even to answer questions. When Commissioner Enright returned, he published an explosive letter condemning the "muckraking" tactics of newspapers and denying the existence of a crime wave. But he did not explain the silence of his department, nor the reason for hiding...
...This building is of great historical interest. It is a wonderful thing that it has been preserved for us, that it, has escaped such disasters as fire, that it has escaped the prevalent "desire for improvement." It stands here a monument to all that Massachusetts stands for, under a dignified name that gives it a setting more expressive than any other building in the commonwealth. The state of Massachusetts has always been one of the first to respond to any call, no matter in what part of the world this call may have come from; we should pay a tribute...
...else wants them first. The Fifth Avenue Coach Company did not take action until after a plebiscite among its passengers. The opinions of those who ride on the buses because they can smoke on the upper deck, and the opinions of those who object to have smoke, fire, and ashes in their eyes and hair are all set down in a pleasantly written and charmingly printed booklet by the coach company. Ah, yes! As charming and pleasant a pirate booklet as ever scuttled-one of the pleasures of the world...
...there any use in arguing? There is no use in arguing. Either you smoke and are blessed, or you don't smoke and resort to plebiscites. Suppose smoke, fire and ashes do get into non-smokers' eyes? Where there is smoke there must naturally be fire, cinders, grit, stains on the table cloth, pipe cleaners on the piano, matches in the bread box, and ashes everywhere. They are the cloud of glory the smoker trails after him. They are the outer and visible signs of an inner peace beyond description...