Word: broking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hungarian politicians have worse tempers and more physical courage than any other politicians in Europe. Last week Hungarian politics broke out in a fret of duels, talked and fought...
...entrant, Grace Amory of West Palm Beach, in her match against the French champion, Francine Tollon. On the 10th green she flopped on the ground, squeaked "oh my, how exhausting the tight matches are," lost on the 17th. Sheep-faced Diana Fishwick, who was champion in 1930, broke the course record in a qualifying round, got put out of the tournament by one Clarry Tiernan who, perturbed by her achievement, ran to hide in the dressing room. Before the final, a disgraceful confusion arose. Pamela Barton, 18-year-old star who was runner-up for the title last year, defeated...
...with his steel helmet ground paper-thin against the wall. For the first 250 miles, the youngest driver in the field, Rex Mays of Los Angeles, who won the pole position for his record-breaking qualifying trial, set the pace. At 300 miles, he withdrew when his Gilmore Special broke a spring shackle. The last of four new Ford V-8's went out at 360 miles. At 450 miles, a drizzle made the track slippery and officials waved the yellow flag. This meant that the speed limit was 75 m.p.h. and the drivers were to hold their relative...
...Angeles fruit dealer, Driver Petillo. who used to get tickets for speeding in his father's truck, had invested his last $500 in a cream-colored Gilmore Speedway Special which he patched up for the race. In his first trial he broke the speed record but was disqualified for using too much gasoline. In his second, a broken connecting rod scattered his motor on the track. Before the race, which his wife and nine-year-old son watched him win, he used an electric vibrator to keep his forearm muscles supple. His prizes, when it was over...
...February housewives everywhere began to complain (TIME, Feb. 25). Resentment boiled into a one-day consumers' strike in Los Angeles where 10,000 housewives boycotted their butchers, forced them to cut meat prices 5? a lb. For a time all was quiet. Last week a housewives' boycott broke out again, this time in New York City...