Word: broking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...schoolboys were outskated continually, however, and toward the close of the contest resorted to shinny to keep the score from increasing. Temple did some fast work in the early minutes of the game, and Fitzgerald in goal lived up to the family tradition. Tudor, Putnam, and Stanley all broke through the outer defense only to be thwarted at the goal...
...delegation to see the President and both came away apparently satisfied. On the floor of the conference Miss Gail Laughlin, a San Francisco lawyer, proposed a resolution ousting the regular program for one morning and permitting the Woman's Party group to voice their arguments. Pandemonium at once broke forth. Miss Mary Anderson, head of the Women's Bureau (a onetime immigrant who began her career as a garment worker), pounded in vain for order. At length the resolution was voted on and she declared it lost. Later, however, a special evening session was held to hear arguments...
...combination play. Needham, the brilliant artillery number two, was the outstanding player of the contest with five goals to his credit. Pitman and Pinkerton the rival backs both played strong defensive games which held the score low. The army back prevented many of the Crimson shots from counting and broke into the scoring column with one hard drive...
Austin was driving by the side of the pond in an automobile when he saw the two boys struggling in the water. He broke through the thin ice near the shore and swam out to them, bringing first one of them to shore and then returning for the other. By the time he had reached the spot for the second time he was forced to dive under the water and bring the second youth to the surface...
...notoriety and motored her away to a consequent theatre contract. Again, Mr. Reichenbach brought success as a screen play to the tawdry "Tarzan of the Apes", by releasing a live ape named Prince Charley in the vestibule of the Hotel Knickerbocker. He writes "Next morning the story broke in every New York paper. Over long accounts of Charlie's adventures, were such headlines as, 'Tarzan's Ape Raids Knickerbocker Hotel' and 'Simian Royalty Steps...