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Word: broking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Continuing their unbeaten streak, the Varsity swimmers defeated Princeton at the Brokan pool Saturday night. Leo by Charlie Hutter, who broke two pool records and took three first places, the Crimson took all but two events and ended the Tiger's unbeaten streak. Hutter won the 100 yard freestyle in 54:2, set a new pool record in the 440, 4:59, and in the 220 by chopping one and a half seconds off the former record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWIMMERS, BOXERS BEAT PRINCETON | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

...were awakened by a great racket outside. Before they could get up to investigate, a mob of 50 armed farmers burst in, ordered them to stay where they were. As sheriff and jailer sat abed looking sleepy-eyed into grim Henry County faces, part of the mob marched upstairs, broke into the jail. Going straight to the bullpen occupied by six cowering blackamoors, they broke into it with a crowbar. From it they dragged strapping 18-year-old Wes Johnson, itinerant Henry County farm laborer, who had been arrested day before for raping the young wife of a farmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: No. 1 | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

...this weekend. Encourage by their 55 to 20 victory over Dartmouth in the last meet the swimmers will attempt to keep their underclass status. Among the Crimson proposer who will be out to duplicate the feat of capturing eight out of nine first places will be Art Johnson, who broke the pool record in the 200-yard breaststroke, Charlie Hutter in the 50-yard freestyle, Elisha Greenhood in the diving, Captain Colony in the 100-yard free style, Frank Coleman in the 440, and Cummin in the back stroke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Among The Minors | 2/13/1937 | See Source »

Consolidated net income figures of the 140 Class I carriers showed that, whereas in 1932-34 the roads as a whole failed to earn fixed charges and in 1935 only broke even, in 1936 they showed a profit of $155,000,000. Not all lines shared this good fortune. Missouri Pacific will probably be $8,000,000 in the red; Rock Island was $13,000,000. But Norfolk & Western made $33,000,000 in 1936 as against $25,000,000 year before, Chesapeake & Ohio $43.000,000 as against $31,000,000, Pennsylvania $38,000,000 as against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: All Aboard! | 2/8/1937 | See Source »

...time. At one point he took a job as a billposter. He made a first trip to the tropics, to Martinique, but it was a disappointment. Then Vincent van Gogh, a lone wolf like himself, invited him to come and work with him at Aries. Their queer partnership broke up when van Gogh went crazy and cut off his ear with a razor. Meanwhile Gauguin and Mette wrote to each other, in a fairly friendly fashion. He tried to explain to her why he was acting as he did: "My business is art, it is my capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Big Bad Wolf | 2/8/1937 | See Source »

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