Crime doesn't pay (1912); Irresistible Force/Immovable Object (1913)

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CRIME DOESN'T PAY
   10 November 1912, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 15:
_Aged Convict Warns_
_Youth of His Fate_
(...)
_"Look at Me and Ask Yourselves If_
_Crime Pays," He Cries as He_
_Starts fo Sing Sing_
(...)
   "I'm no preacher, but I want to tell you that crime doesn't pay, there is
nothing in it."


"WHEN AN IRRESISTIBLE FORCE LIKE ME MEETS AN IMMOVABLE OBJECT LIKE YOU,
SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE"
   14 September 1913, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 14:
   In regard to the "colllision-proof" cars Mr. Curran seems to be struggling
with the problem of the irresistible force coming in contact with the
immovable object, which is not to be considered.
   23 April 1926, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 4:
   It certainly looked like a case of an irresistible force meeting an
immovable object.


WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP
   29 October 1948, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 24:
   _Dropping Those Shoes._
(...)
   Therefore, as it is not surprising that some who call on Mr. F(Can't read
my handwriting---ed.) and Mr. Lovett are somewhat reminded of the man who
kept waiting for the other shoe to drop in the room above.


THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT
   2 July 1915,  NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 3 ad:
   (...) Riker-Hegeman Drug Stores.  Drug Stores with character and a
conscience.  The customer is always right.
   43 New York Stores.


MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
   5 December 1931, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 22:
_FOOTBALL CRITICS_
   _CHIDED BY WOOD._
_Says Answer to Overemphasis_
_May Be Found in "Monday_
_Morning Quarterbacks."_
(...)
   Barry Wood, Harvard's all-America quarterback, mounted the ramparts in the
role of a defender today.
(...)
   The answer to overemphasis was to be found not on the field, but in the
stands, where sit what Wood called "the Monday morning quarterbacks."


BOMB PASS
   14 November 1943, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. S3:
   It looked to the 7,500 fans as though the sailors had done the trick until
Bob Hornschemeyer, well throttled most of the day, began tossing his aerial
bombs late in the period.
   18 October 1960, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 52:
   He can throw the bullet and bomb pass.
(Note that there appears to be a usage gap between these cites.  The first
one in 1943 may be too early--ed.)


A PICTURE IS WORTH TEN THOUSAND WORDS
   21 November 1926, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. SM24 ad:
   An old Chinese proverb says "a picture is worth ten thousand words."
(Ad for THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE--ed.)


SWEATSHOP/SWEAT SHOP/SWEATING SHOP
   5 July 1891, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 9:
   ...east side sweating shops...
   25 September 1891, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 9
   ...subrented to the storekeepers and to the operators of the "sweat
shops."
(AMERICA IN SO MANY WORDS has "sweatshop" as WOTY for 1892--ed.)


MAZA (MEZA?)
   "Little Syria" existed in the area of  the Brooklyn Bridge, on the east
side of Manhattan.  A worthwhile story on Syrian Cooking is in the NEW YORK
TIMES, 1 May 1904, pg. 11:
   After maza, the first course is soup...
   The national Syrian dish, which comes as the fifth course, is the kubbah.
(...)
   Mojaddera is composed of lentils and rice, cooked with olive oil and fried
onions.


(That's it for this full text NEW YORK TIMES roundup.  Gotta go--ed.)



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