Word: broke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spectators at Ascot last week broke the first tradition. William Woodward's Omaha, 1935 U. S. champion three-year-old, failed by a nose to break the second. First prize went to Lord Stanley's filly, Quashed...
...Robinson, who faces a fight for reelection, the President said: ". . . No man deserves greater credit for loyal devotion to a great cause than my old friend and associate. . . ." Afterward Franklin Roosevelt broke the rule that a President never dines out with an individual host, went to dinner at Joe Robinson's home...
...five minutes the crowd would not let him talk. When they quieted down, Nominee Landon stepped into a circle of microphones and in high-pitched, quavering tones, began a stumbling, halting, repetitious little speech. "Your good wishes and goodwill touch Mrs. Landon and myself very deeply. . . ." Once his voice broke completely. Once he raised a finger to brush away tears behind his rimless spectacles. Finally he got through: "We shall always cherish the memory of this happy evening together...
...doubles match against Freda James & Kay Stammers which would end the series. The English pair ran through the first set, 6-1. Mrs. Fabyan's shrewd lobs counted in the second, 6-3. In the third set, at 5-all, came the turning point. The U. S. pair broke through Miss James's serve and then, with Mrs. Fabyan serving, won set, match & series, for the Cup the U. S. has held since...
Grand old man of U. S. sculpture, 73-year-old George Grey Barnard, was courageously carrying on with the great Rainbow Arch of Peace which he hopes some day to give the U. S. public. Last month vandals broke into the abandoned trolley powerhouse in upper Manhattan which is Sculptor Barnard's studio, wantonly destroyed $17,000 worth of finished figures, left unharmed the full-scale plaster model of the Arch. Said Sculptor Barnard: "I must smile and learn to do better...