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Word: broking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Napoleon did. The Consul-for-life for the French Republic soon broke with England after the short-lived Peace of Amiens, he threatened to invade England, he declared war against Austria and won the battle of Austerlitz. Prussia declared war against him and lost the battle of Jena...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 12/4/1936 | See Source »

Footballman Bobby Green will battle Al Corbett, who broke his hand last year, for the call in the 155-pound class. Captain Pete Olney, who lost only one bout last year, seems to have a competitor in the 165's in Eddie Davis, who is regaining his top form of two years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON BOXERS LOOM POWERFUL THIS SEASON | 12/1/1936 | See Source »

Said Lawyer Rowland to Oilman Humphrey after the meeting broke up: "Thanks for letting me read our statement." Replied Mr. Humphrey: "That's all right. Sorry you're not with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Tide Water Tangle | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

...that, although the Corsican tormented his General, Napoleon also had a nervous desire for his praise and a respect for his honesty. This feeling deepened as Napoleon went down, until on the night of his attempted suicide he poured out his story to Caulaincourt alone while the sweat broke out on his sunken features and he waited for the poison to take effect. The poison was opium, belladonna and white hellebore. Napoleon's stomach rejected it and in place of the dignified Roman death he had courted, he spent the night vomiting, begging Caulaincourt to give him another potion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Troublemaker's Troubles | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. opens his movie career barking for Sandow at Chicago's World's Fair in 1883, and dies broke on Broadway amid souvenirs of his, the finest shows of the era. His life crosses Little Egypt, Klaw and Erlanger, Stanford White, Harry K. Thaw, Lillian Russell, and started on their way such stars as Fannie Brice, Anna Held, Jerome Kern, Eddie Cantor, Will Rogers, Billie Burke, Harriet Hoctor, Ray Bolger, and the glorified American girl. Revolutionizing the New York stage he began by copying foreign revues and built successively his follies, his shows on the roof garden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Moviegoer | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

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