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Word: 132nd (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...November 1917, a hard, dark chunk of a man walked round & round a team of 34 dray horses at the foot of 132nd St., Manhattan, feeding each & every horse a sugar lump. On a tremendous trailer attached to the team was a submarine which had just been hoisted out of the Hudson River. The man turned and walked down the street, the 34 horses following him. Thus, while thousands jam-packed the sidewalks, did Truckman Henry Herbermann haul the German U-boat C-5 to Central Park to be used as a speaker's rostrum for the second Liberty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Export Shake-Up | 3/12/1934 | See Source »

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