Word: mannering
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...from being diffident, the Duke is making a splendid job of such varied tasks and duties as fall to his lot. He runs his place at Arundel in a manner which makes his invitations greatly sought after and is himself a genial, alert host and a sportsman. Furthermore, he is noted for the keen and intelligent interest he takes in his tenantry in all parts of the country. He is generally regarded as a normally intelligent young man with ample common sense and is liked and respected for his ideals by all acquaintances...
Senators, Wet and Dry, were perturbed, for different reasons, at these developments. Their suspicion grew that perhaps these S. O. B. arrests were in some dark manner a veiled retort by President Hoover or his subordinates to senatorial criticism of the uncertain Hoover handling of Prohibition enforcement. They vowed they would not be intimidated by fear of exposure as Dry drinkers. Exclaimed Washington's Dry Senator Jones, author of the Five & Ten Law: "Certainly we ought to know where they [the 'loggers] were going in the office building." Senate Leader Watson spoke about "not guarding the morals...
...importance of this vote lies however, not so much in the particular character of the questions, as in the manner in which it is expected they will be answered. For the first and only time in its troublous history the prohibition question will stand on its own merits before the country. The questions will be answered independent of party lines. The wet or dry viewpoint will not be reliant upon the personal stand of political aspirants. There will be no religious issue to cloud the prohibition question as in the last election and the vote will be distinctly national...
...professional student has just as great a need for the practical knowledge which only outside work can impart. It was in recognition of this fact that the cooperative courses were designed; but these courses are limited to certain branches, and besides, comparatively few students care to spend in this manner an extra year which might better be used in graduate work, in liberal studies, or even in steady employment...
...went well until the publishers of Air Trails called Wings' attention to the fact that it was reprinting copyrighted fiction. The mulcted monthly immediately ordered Plagiarist Carter's arrest. After his apprehension, it was discovered that fiction filching was the most remunerative, but not the exclusive manner of his making a living. Two Manhattan hotels had $850 worth of bad bills against...