To prevent overcrowding on the subways, Dr. Copeland mandated shifts for various businesses, so that offices opened at 8:40 a.m. and closed at 4:30 p.m., while wholesalers started their days earlier, and nontextile manufacturers moved their start time to 9:30.

a knowing rascal

And I would have things to say to this God at the judgement, storming at him, as Job stormed with the eloquence of the abused heart.

Also on the table was a developing critique of matrimania – the excessive hyping of marriage and coupling – and the concomitant multibillion-dollar marriage industrial complex.