Word: bitterest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...York, the day's biggest crowd, 56,000, which included Mayor LaGuardia, onetime Mayor "Jimmy" Walker and George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, saw the New York Giants overpower their bitterest rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers...
Supposedly Milwaukee would be eager to have Dan Hoan as its Mayor as long as it could. But last week, as city elections neared, Milwaukee was seeing Red, and Mayor Hoan was battling for his political life in the bitterest fight of his lively career...
...Dealers made a great point of the necessity of keeping the Army out of civilian politics, of shushing an officer who steps across the line. With equal vehemence anti-New Dealers accused the Roosevelt Administration of being unable to take criticism, of exhibiting a vengeful spirit against General Hagood. Bitterest comment along this line came from Cartoonist Jay ("Ding") Darling, who lately retired from the New Deal as the disillusioned Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey. For the New York Herald Tribune syndicate he drew a picture entitled "The New Deal Administration Welcomes Constructive Criticism," and below, "X marks...
...bitterest clash of the day Warren Williams upset A. Winslow (U.B.C.) when he came from behind by brilliant rallying to win 8-15, 11-15, 18-16, 18-16, 15-12. Francis R. Appleton made sure of the Yardling's victory when he defeated W. Taber by the scores...
...Opponents," he gravely warned, "will make this the bitterest and certainly the dirtiest political struggle that any of us here can remember. The assault will be financed with the largest slush fund on record, contributed for the most part by those who have neither public conscience nor private scruple, who are only interested in getting back inordinate privileges." Chairman Farley braced himself for Republican "perversion of the facts," "outright lies." "foul whisperings." "We must work." continued Boss Farley, "for a victory so overwhelming as to make it plain forever that democracy is the faith of our people and that loyalty...