Word: arming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There stood by the child's cradle one great and powerful, Fate. . . . Her protecting arm she raised above him. She took him by the hand and ever led him on. . . . She commissioned into the service a good and a great merchant of Boston. . . . She commanded striking policemen to open a path before him. A great Police Commissioner gave wings to his feet. . . . She set him in the seats of the mighty. Even Death rode on before him and cleared...
...Significance. There is no particular reason why The Coast of Folly should not be one of the very best of best sellers. It has all the appeal of a cinema thriller and one or two other things besides. The long arm of coincidence sweeps the entire landscape...
...bankers stood up, hissed me for three minutes. I halted my speech until the hisses subsided, then roared out a second time that the plan would not pass. The bankers retaliated with cries of 'Bring on the other speakers,' 'Sit down' and other remarks, but I stood with arm upraised and roared out the conclusion of my speech. When I sat down there came a ripple of applause; the toastmaster said: 'An honest and forceful address by an honest and forceful...
...Buzz is in fine shape. His arm still needs attention and for this reason he will stay for a few days with his uncle in West Newton. We shall start massages to loosen up the muscles in his arm and he will be all right in a short time. However, I doubt very much whether he will be able to play any more hockey this year, though he should be in trim for football in the fall...
Although the Tiger outfit trimmed B. U. 4-0 and nosed out Dartmouth 2-1 during its vacation stay in Boston, these victories can never make up for the loss it suffered when a tendon in Stout's right arm was cut in the latter cantest: Tonight it will just be a question of how well Princeton's hockey team can get along without her 1924 football captain. Stout was ranked among the best college wings in the game today...