Word: boated
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...banquet of the National Association of Manufacturers at the Waldorf-Astoria. There he delivered a long, rambling, formless speech on Democracy and the Modern World which contained many a plug for Britain, many a warily delivered hint that the U. S. and Britain were pretty much in the same boat...
...fighting words that could be and had been legally sent through the mails. General Hugh Samuel Johnson, himself no tyro at invective and abuse, suggested a few more: '"asymptote" ("a daisy of a word"), "parasang," "Cush-ping Dishpit." ("an evil sound and no meaning"), "yellow-bellied sap-sucker," "boat-bottomed grackel." "bottle-nosed puffin...
...Latin America. Last week Mr. Welles reported to the President that 13 depart ments and agencies had thought up $998,804 worth. Samples : Agriculture can spend $75,000 for a Tropical Forest Experiment Station in Puerto Rico; Treasury, $27,714 to send a Coast Guard patrol boat and one cutter on a demonstration cruise; Library of Congress, $27,200 to show Latin Ameri cans how to use and catalog their libraries, $10,000 to present their 20 Governments with photostats of "fundamental American documents"; Federal Communications Commission, advice on radio problems (free) ; National Emergency Council, two $45,000 propaganda films...
Games played in two leagues, "A" and "C". In the "A" league Adams boat Dunster 4-1, Lowell beat Kirkland 3-2 and Eliot blanked Leverett 3-0. In 3-2 victories over Adams and Eliot league "C" Dunster and Leverett gain while Lowell turned back Kirkland...
...their first encounter of the season, the Varsity squash team yesterday went down to defeat at the hands of the Union Boat Club, losing five out of five matches played...