Word: broking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Flemington courtroom after the death sentence had been passed on him last week. But as he was being led into his cell his knees gave way. The steelyeyed, German ex-convict crumpled, fell on his face. The guards dragged him to his cot. As he lay there, he broke down for the first time since his indictment last October for willfully killing the Lindbergh baby. "Oh, my God," he sobbed, "I feel awful...
...Macon made her maiden flight in April 1933. Since the Los Angeles had been decommissioned year before, she became the only U. S. dirigible left in Naval service. Last spring in flying from California to Florida she broke two small girders in rough air over Texas (TIME, May 21). Even so, her builders and operators pooh-poohed the idea that there was anything structurally wrong with...
Sprinting his way out in front as the last laps of the mile-and-one-half began, Bob Playfair, distance star of Eddie Farrell's track team, broke the tape for that event in the time of 7.24, Jack Scheu, whose record breaking run on Saturday night won the University Club mile for Harvard, finished second, a few yards behind, and Charlie Woodard placed third...
...enjoy playing most, Miss Moran's eyes sparkled, "A giddy dowager," she exclaimed. "I think I would at that part to a T." A smile played over her lips as she considered the idea. "And I'd do that with Bill Fields; he's a grand comedian." The actress broke off to reminisce about her experiences when touring Europe with Fields before...
...nine long minutes of the first half, the Crimson team went scoreless until Fletcher broke the spell by dropping a close shot for the Crimson's first tally. Three more points were added before the whistle blew, with the score...