Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Saint Cloud, Minn., after two horses had exhausted themselves dragging the 2,500-ton granite postoffice to its new location, Supervisor E. W. LaPlante recruited a dozen brawny girls to haul it the last block. "The idea is," said he, "to prove that the task is not a matter of strength, but rather the mastery of power...
...second, they did exactly the same thing though this time the Canadiens managed to score the first goal before losing, 5-to-1. For the third game, the teams moved to Montreal, where "Les Millionaires," the Canadiens' famed cheering club, occupies the same block of seats at all their games. A temperamental team, which in streaks this season has been the best in the game, the Canadiens suddenly recovered their touch. Johnny Gagnon put the first goal through in the first period. In the second, Detroit's goalie Norman Smith, whose arm had been temporarily numbed during...
...Bonn on the Rhine cleared out of its cellars a collection of pictures that had been gathering dust for nearly 30 years, put them up at public auction in nearby Cologne. One grimy picture of a plump young woman in a gilt crown and scepter went up on the block and was knocked down for 700 marks ($300) to Dutch Dealer David Katz. Back to Amsterdam, after 270 years, the picture went. It was cleaned and instantly recognized as the original Juno-a bargain at $250,000. In search of some such price the picture reached New York last week...
...reasons block the way to a P.B.H. triumvirate that would rule actively and well. It is not unfair to say that the president has tended to be a figurehead, while his prime minister, the graduate secretary, has held the reins. From such a revelation it must not be inferred that the president is the graduate secretary's tool; the emptiness of his offices is often because another activity has occupied most of his attention. There is danger, however, that the president will be a china doll unless he drop outside attachments and concentrate his time in P.B.H. by accepting such...
...press conference, Correspondent J. Fred Essary of the Baltimore Sun asked the President about the interview he gave to Mr. Krock (TIME, March 8). Looking embarrassed, the President said he would lay his head on the block, asked the newshawks to forgive him because it was the first time in four years he had given one of their number an exclusive story. Because the President was believed to have "inspired" the Krock story, even read its proof, some newshawks wondered whether the "John" of the anecdote should not have been "Arthur." Others suggested it was John Nance Garner, John Bankhead...