Word: blows
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...remains that when the "New Deal" eleven trots out on the field for the kickoff today it will be facing its first test of strength this season. The presence of five sophomores in the starting line-up may also have an unfavorable psychological reaction on the team. The hardest blow of all to the hopes of the new Dartmouth coaching staff however was the long casualty list which resulted from last week's conquest of the Virginia Cavaliers. Not only was Don Erion, veteran tackle star, put out for the season in that encounter but Bill Clark, Harry Deckert...
...last blow to the oil industry's faith in Federal regulation came last fortnight when Government prosecutors suddenly withdrew a test case which had been carried to the U. S. Supreme Court. The reason given was a '"technicality": the clause in every other copy of the Oil Code which made a violation of a State production quota a violation of the Code-the clause on which the whole case hinged - was found to be missing from the original text signed by the President. New oil legislation will probably be presented to the next Congress...
...order affects between 150,000 and 200,000 workers. Originally it was to have become effective on Oct. 1, but the chief executive cancelled these plans and asked a special committee to investigate protests of employers that the shorter work week would be a blow to the industry...
...most quarters, the death of Alexander was viewed as a blow to France, since Alexander had withstood heavy German pressure and, veering away from his army chiefs, had expressed a definite desire for a French alliance...
...would have been more dignified to keep silence when so many hastened to speak, but Frieda Lawrence has never stood on her dignity. "I did not want to write this book," says she. "I wanted to give Lawrence my silence." Then, with refreshing candor: "Do I want to blow my own trumpet? Yes, I do. . . . I will try to write as honestly as I can. Lies are all very well in their place but the truth seems to me so much more interesting and proud." Not I, But the Wind is in no sense a great book...