Word: broking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Next afternoon he broke two sticks. One, during the Beethoven Ninth, third movement, flew into the audience and was recovered after a mild scramble by a lady who put it in her handbag. The other splintered during the Strauss tone poem, Ein Heldenlebcn, the section labeled "The Hero's Battlefield." The butt-end of this was captured by Warren Mayo, president of U. of M.'s varsity glee club. Mayo took it to Stock's dressing room after the performance, and the master good-naturedly inscribed his initials upon...
...Hudson River anchorage fell to the President, whose ship was now saluted by roaring power dives from 15 crack planes of the Fleet. But all naval eyes were still on the Indianapolis' fore truck. By tradition one more thing was necessary to complete the ceremony. Three little flags broke out spelling Y W X, Yoke William Xray, the Navy's "Well Done" signal. That meant the President was pleased...
Pity poor Morgan he cannot pay. He's dead broke he hasn't got a cent...
Once this year the subject of Hanfstaengl has aroused sentiment among Harvard alumni, when Dr. Cutler chose him as his side on Class Day. Immediately a storm of protest broke forth but Hanfstaengl settled the situation by stating that business would interfere with his trip to the United States...
When the World War broke into the college career of William H. Meanix '18, it also prevented him from getting his "H" in track as a member of the 1917 team. To remedy this the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports yesterday voted to award him his letter...