Word: branch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...grief, the white had striven to reassert itself. But now, as she threw her body forward and felt herself falling, even in that instant, the black finally triumphed. "Instantly the fear of a suicide's death stiffened the grip of her strong fingers on the willow branch. "Too late. The brittle willow branch snapped. Vith a wild scream she fell, clawing at the crumbling bank, into the silent motionless water." So you see-on the theory that a Negro never commits suicide-unless living in an unnatural environment such as cities-Precieuse did not commit suicide. The No-Nation...
...northeast corner cf Nebraska, on the end of a branch-line railroad, is the town of Bloomfield. For 28 months the citizens of Bloomfield have been doing a strange thing. Last week someone took the trouble to tell the New York Times about this thing in Bloomfield and the town became suddenly and widely known outside of Nebraska...
...hates and fears secret societies. Across his forehead is a jagged white scar, received during his Prime Ministry when a Bolshevist bomb, intended to wipe out him and his entire cabinet, burst and killed 200 Sofia citizens. Yet his dearest friend, a General Protogeroff, was a leader of one branch of the Imro. Converted by his friend. General Protogeroff publicly announced that he had abandoned violence as a policy, would limit himself to peaceful propaganda. Soon General Protogeroff was shot down as a lily-livered weakling. Left in sole command of the Imro was the sinister gunman Ivan Mihailoff...
...personality pervading the atmosphere of the entire Veterans' Bureau, shortly to be known as-give me time-Oh yes -as the "Veterans' Administration"? How about putting his picture on the cover? And, Mr. Hoover-how about creating a cabinet office for the head of the most important branch of the Government? We have never felt that General Hines has been given quite the public recognition that he deserves-not that he is the kind of person who cares a straw about it-a more modest, unpretentious gentleman it would be hard to imagine. Whenever he comes among...
Direct utilization of the airways by the two rail companies might take two aspects: the speeding of travel along principal trunk lines by combined air-&-rail service, and the operation of air lines where it is not practicable to build branch roads...