Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...blow to Beck's prestige was tempered by the size of Langlie's vote and the knowledge that A. F. of L. leaders would do their best to defeat Meyers. Last week, in the runoff election, 37-year-old Lawyer Langlie's votes jumped to 78,997. "Call me Vic" Meyers, carrying on a serious campaign, was able to poll 48,114 or 518 more than the sum of his own and Mayor Dore's primary votes, but that was not enough...
Although the Seattle election was a blow to the long-term political aspirations of labor as a whole, the C. I. O. was comforted by Beck's defeat and by the fact that it was left with a Mayor who would at least be neutral instead of its sworn enemy in labor's internecine war. Mayor-Elect Langlie specifically promised this neutrality but warned: "It's up to labor to clean its own house. However, labor will not be permitted to step on the toes of innocent persons in its various activities...
...many playwrights, producers seem a kind of necessary evil. Not only because they may blow hot & cold; not only because they may meddle. Also because, as the playwrights see it, they hog too much of the profits, impose too much of a capital-&-labor relationship...
...sincerely feel that the loss of Fred Mitchell would be a severe blow to Harvard baseball. Signed, Ulysses J. Lupien, Jr. '39, Captain of Baseball. S. Gray W. Thoron '38, Manager of Baseball...
Chamberlain: "The Government is satisfied we are making the best use of our resources." He went on to reject Labor proposals that the British munitions industry be taken over by the Government, declared: "That would strike a terrible blow at the industry...