Word: straighten
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...established price for a review is $2.50 an hour, but each student is asked to pay only what he can afford. It is difficult to say how much time is required to straighten out problems, but Salmen stated that a $10 charge is unusual...
Recently you printed a letter re the U. S. Government's not paying rent for cemeteries in France where American World War dead are buried. I'm glad the matter was cleared up. Can you straighten out this rumor-did the U. S. pay rent for trenches occupied by American boys in France in 1918? Many people believe this is so. I'd like to know whether it is true...
...that their drug firm might be busted. Approximately one fourth of its $86,556,270 assets was just figures written on the books to keep the company looking prosperous while imposing Impostor F. Donald Coster milked it. Trustee William J. Wardall, appointed by the U. S. District Court to straighten out the mess, last week mailed to stockholders his first full report of the firm's financial condition...
...other hand, President Conant said, there is the temptation to hink that "the business of this generation is trying to straighten out the tangled net of on upset society," and that the young man must concern himself with "vital matters...
...just the same, if you haven't absorbed too much ultra sophistication from the ancient halls of Harvard, you will enjoy "Three Smart Girls Grow Up." There is a script that is always bright and sometimes scintillates. There are some delightful scenes in the parlor where Deanna tries to straighten out her sisters' love affairs. There is some superlative humor contributed by the absent minded Charles Winninger. There is some simple, tuneful music, and there isn't much sentimentality. Above all there is a refreshing sincerity about the whole thing. All in all it makes for ideal feather-weight entertainment...