Word: broking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Normandie came clipping into Havre from her first voyage to Manhattan hav-ing broken once again last week the galaxy of records she first broke fortnight before (TIME, June 10). She averaged 29.68 knots for the westward transatlantic course, then 30.31 knots for the run home. Best previous average was Rex's 28.92 knots on the longer South Atlantic route. Last week Normandie's time from Ambrose Lightship to Bishop's Rock was 4 days, 3 hours, 28 minutes, thus decisively disposing of Bremen's 4 day-16 hour-15 minute record (Ambrose Lightship to Cherbourg...
...December, had just been shaken down. He blamed the collapse of his American-Oriental Banking Corp., much patronized by missionaries, the U. S. Marines and Shanghai prostitutes, on President Roosevelt's artificial jacking up of the price of silver, on which everything turns in China. "I am financially broke, but we are protecting our creditors," said Mr. Raven. "All my resources are going into liquidation of my companies. American silver-buying drained China of her silver, which froze credits, which in turn is paralyzing business." The Chinese Government, having begged and implored President Roosevelt for months to stop kiting...
Manchester once owed $5,000 for tennis balls alone, probably a record. "Going bankrupt isn't so bad as it sounds," he has said, adding reminiscently, "I remember my first bankruptcy. I was only 16 and went broke for a couple of thousand pounds [$10,000]. My trouble is that I have always been a mug-too trustful and willing to help others...
...chance of beating unbeaten Bahram. When Bobsleigh was scratched, Bahram, a bay three-year-old by Blandford, who also sired the Aga Khan's 1930 Derby winner, Blenheim, went to the post at the phenomenally low odds, for a 16-horse race, of 5-to-4. He broke well, was in fourth place going downhill toward Tattenham Corner, came into the straightaway third, took the lead from Field Trial a furlong from the wire, won by two lengths with a 50-10-1 shot, Sir Abe Bailey's Robin Goodfellow, second...
...importunate that he insisted Howard make him an extended visit, to be properly rewarded and to try his skill on other patients. Curtin and Dobbs, taking Howard's share of gold and agreeing to meet him in the nearest city, went on alone. Soon bad blood broke out; each was afraid to sleep lest the other kill him. One night Dobbs shot Curtin, robbed him, left him for dead. But, almost within sight of the city and safety, Dobbs encountered three rascally peasants, who killed him for the sake of his ragged clothes and footsore burros. When they found...