Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...after Marshall landed in England, Oxford University honored him with a degree of Doctor of Civil Law and broke a tradition by letting him witness the ceremony of his election by the doctors and heads of Oxford's colleges. Would the doctors give the degree to "a man most brilliant in war and peace?" Intoned the doctors: Placet...
With six foot six inch Bill Prior and six foot three inch John Rockwell working out at the vital pivot slot. Barclay has moved Captain George Hauptfuhrer (six foot three inches) to forward. Hauptfuhrer, who broke the Crimson scoring record last year with 394 points, will return to his old center post only to jump when Rockwell is in the lineup...
Toward the end of Walter Winchell's hot flashes last Sunday night, a familiar voice broke in to read a classified ad. "Situation wanted, male," announced Henry Morgan. "Young comedian will be unemployed after Dec. 3. Prospective sponsors please contact Henry Morgan...
...American Airliner, with 25 aboard, had just passed over Gallup, New Mexico when the fire broke out. Pilot Evan Chatfield swung back for the field at Gallup, praying for time to make it. He did. Fire trucks quickly snuffed out the blaze. The damage was small-only a foot-square hole in the plane. But the near-catastrophe frightened the airlines...
...down the sullen hillmen, stopping the show, and Kalyanu helped to see him through. Later, Mr. Bennett took Kalyanu along on an exploratory ascent of the high Himalayan range. On a glassy snow slope at 15,000 feet the two men were caught in a cloud. They fell, but broke their fall and were not killed. But Mr. Bennett would never have made it back to camp without Kalyanu...