Word: broking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seconds later, the Democratic enthusiasm, somewhat dampened by the hour-and-a-quarter delay, broke out with vigor, and practically every member of the Democratic National Committee received plaudits during the latter part of the parade...
...until they had on their side a recent angry declaration in the Quebec Court of Sessions by Judge Laetare Roy that the authorities were "flagrantly failing in their duty" to stamp out Vice. After reading this the French-Canadian students sallied forth one night last week, broke into eight houses of prostitution in succession, whacked naked inmates upon the buttocks, upset beds and tore up bedding, ripped lighting fixtures from the walls and otherwise proved their collegiate Virtue...
...wrote best-selling Seven Gothic Tales in 1934 under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen. Baron Bror's second wife is a pert, pretty, English girl of 28, named Eva, who spends most of her time seeking adventure. During one long trek alone in Africa, her automobile broke down. She had to be pushed by natives for 32 days. In Ethiopia last year she watched...
...according to the Spanish Constitution. It must be kept in mind that up until the actual outbreak in the middle of July 1936, there was not a single communist, socialist, or anarchist in the cabinet. It was a government of the moderates, and only when the revolution actually broke out, did these moderates voluntarily relinquish half of their seats to the more radical group. The Fascists rebelled against constituted authority which three years before when they were in power, they had ardently supported...
Offensive work was not neglected, however. Following the defensive scrimmage, the A team opposed the Jayvee eleven, and Roberts, Ford, and Struck broke away for substantial gains, aided by improved blocking. A 30-minute signal drill closed the day's session...