Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Roosevelt. He's well-known in labor spy circles. . . . Jones has got a flock of guys out in the field, in several states, passing themselves off as newspapermen. They blow our people to parties, buy them drinks and all that, and then pump them...
...harshest blow at the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin thus far, Punch last fortnight cartooned the fact that the Prime Minister is supposed to favor Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain as his successor in a manner calculated to make squeamish Britons retch. With a beaming expression on his round face, Mr. Baldwin is shown thrusting the juicy mouthpiece of his famed old pipe under the beaknose of Mr. Chamberlain whose eyes bulge with revulsion...
...recent announcement of Belgium's opposition to "defensive treaties" and King Leopold's strict neutrality speech, have left France with a rather sour taste in her mouth. The final blow to "collective security" and other such methods designed to freeze the "status quo" in Europe has been delivered courageously by Brussels in no uncertain manner. The Belgians have no wish to be drawn into a future world war through defensive pacts or entangling alliances, which they consider are as detrimental to their own welfare as to the peace of Europe...
...chances of the Yardling squad have been hurt by injuries and the crowning blow came when it was learned that Talbot Macdonald, considered one of the best running backs on the squad, would be unable to play tomorrow. Macdonald is a former Andover star, and it is thought likely that he will be ready to start the Andover game here next week...
...Civil War. Against the six-foot walls of the Alcázar more than 6,000 four-inch projectiles and more than 4,000 six-inchers had been vainly fired by the Madrid Cabinet's untrained proletarian artillery. The Government's trained miners had failed to blow up the Alcázar's rock foundations with dynamite charges totaling four tons. Futile were thousands of gallons of gasoline shot from Red flame-sprayers. Futile were hundreds of Red air bombs. Just before the final White assault last week, the Red Militia touched off six more tons...