Word: autumns
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Candidate-reject for Governor of California last autumn...
...dominant Nationalist party. Evidently last week's uprising was chiefly calculated as a demonstration against the May 14 Constitution plebiscite. Sakdalistas believed that if that vote were favorable, the result would pave the way to Boss Quezon's election as President of the Philippine Commonwealth this autumn, keep his faction in power during the next ten years of Commonwealth status...
...Louis a similar plan was adopted, but St. Louis' worries pale in comparison with Philadelphia's. When the Symphony moved into the new St. Louis Municipal Auditorium last autumn, attendance increased 50% over the previous season. By last week all but 10% of next season's subscriptions had been sold...
...their lands of jack rabbits. Now Kansas raises more greyhounds than any other state. In it dwell 67% of National Coursing Association members. The springy sod of Abilene's Coursing Park, best in the land, was selected after soil tests in 20 Kansas towns. Last autumn the park was planted with barley. Last fortnight it was mowed down to a bright green turf; a space 450 yd. long and 200 yd. wide was fenced by wire. Every day last week 1,000 to 5,000 spectators went to the park to watch the running of the National Coursing Association...
Coursers competed for three stakes: the Sapling, for hounds under 16 mo.; the Futurity, for those under 22 mo.; the Derby, an all-age event which is called the Waterloo at the Coursing Association's autumn meet. "Gangster" was the wise word as the final day approached. "Gangster," said experts, "is the greatest dog that ever lived in America...