Word: broking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...broke out in Europe, and Underwood, having rounded out a score of years in the House, went over to the Senate. And shortly he found himself again majority leader for the Democrats. Then came the Democratic debacle of 1920, but it was not an Underwood debacle. He followed it by becoming one of the four* U. S. members of the Limitations of Armaments Conference. In 1922, he abandoned his place as Democratic leader. He also refused a place on the Supreme Court bench as successor to Justice...
Just before the first sunbeams cast their light upon the Acropolis ont morning last week, a simultaneous revolt broke out in the Army and Navy at Athens and Salonika...
Shanghai. The foreign boycott, which has lasted some weeks, broke down, shops opened. Violence did not end. The Japanese Consul was beaten by an infuriated mob. Several students threw sulphuric acid into a passing street car causing injuries to the occupants ; a Chinese woman had to be carted to a hospital. Strikers remained out and shipping continued to be tied...
...Smith at first broke the course record by 3 strokes with a 69, holing 4 birdies and an eagle. Needing but a 78 to win, he took 82 in his last round. Said he : "I have played in many places in the world, but never experienced such a rabble as beat me this afternoon...
...fellow townsman, Don Anderson, had played him to a standstill, all square in 18 holes. James Manion knocked this 19th drive clean into 36th Street, out of bounds. There went his title. Clarence Wolfe, another St. Louisan, subdued Anderson that afternoon, 2 and 1. In the final, Wolfe broke the course record with a 70. His opponent, Arthur Bartlett of Ottumwa, la., promptly countered with a 69, but lost to a fighting finish. Champion Wolfe had reason to be thankful for the absence of Eddie Held Jr., a familiar figure in the Trans-Mississippi and once its winner. Eddie...