Word: beating
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Might as well beat the ladies to this one. Is Charles Boyer as bald as your cut on p, 60, TIME, Dec. 4, would have us movie fans believe...
...week. For in Washington the Civil Service Commission released 25 pages of new rules under the Hatch Act, rigidly barring 939,876 Federal employes from any real political activity except voting. Classified workers (620,000) may not even express their preferences publicly; may not march in parades (blow horns, beat drums); may not write articles on politics; may not distribute literature or buttons; may not bet on elections; may attend conventions but not participate; may not allow their husbands or wives to "front" for them...
Coming on the heels of the Bremen's escape, this made two bulls to one beat for the week. Day after the Bremen's escape, the Admiralty announced that the submarine that let her get away had sunk a German submarine, had torpedoed and damaged a German cruiser. This evened the count. It is extremely difficult for one submarine to sink another. Maneuvering for position requires great technical skill, and it is almost impossible to attack if the submarine is submerged. If the range is under 250 yards, the torpedo is likely to miss, and at short range...
...wear down Finnish resistance with inferior troops, saving his best troops to mop up. In any case, by this week fresh thousands of Russians had been thrown into battle on three fronts, attacking the Finns day & night, in wave after wave, trying by sheer force of numbers to beat down their resistance...
Lowry showed tremendous possibilities for a man who has wrestled for as short a time as he has. With just the slightest bit more knowledge about the game he might have nipped Sherry, who found it hard to compete with the scrappy Crimson football guard, but finally beat him by a decision. The most pleasant outcomes of the afternoon were the two speedy falls won by Sophomores Jim Redmon and Dick Thomas...