Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There Were Others. Massachusetts broke into an uproar of indignation. Why had Robert been released? Authorities explained that, under existing regulations, the school parole committee can "only judge on the boy's behavior in custody; past record doesn't enter into the tenure of his sentence." Robert's behavior in school had been good...
...F.B.I, announced that crime in 1946 broke all records for the past decade. The totals: murder and manslaughter, 8,442; manslaughter by negligence, 4,701; rape, 12,117; robbery, 62,782; aggravated assault, 67,512; auto theft, 229,920; burglary, 357,99!; larceny...
Only a block from the Hudson River pier where the Normandie burned and sank five years ago, fire broke out one day last week on the John Ericsson, formerly the Swedish liner Kungsholm. For three hours, fire engines and boats fought the flames while clouds of yellowish smoke billowed over the 85,000-ton Queen Elizabeth, tied up at the same pier and engaged in loading 2,200 passengers for her scheduled sailing that afternoon. The 20,200-ton John Ericsson, a troopship during the war, is owned by the Maritime Commission and operated by the United States Lines. With...
Paper Hat. The bell saved Greenwood. As Big Ben boomed midnight he moved an end to debate and a call to vote. Bedlam broke again. It was almost a minute before he could be heard. Then Tory Sir Gifford Fox raised a parliamentary pinpoint, contended that Greenwood was out of order because his motion was made after, not exactly at, 12 o'clock as procedure stipulates. Sir Gifford himself was hoisted on a point of procedure. He did not have on a hat-and regulations call for a member to be "sitting and covered" when raising a point...
...Things." Later Churchill's hoarse voice, as he conferred with his front-bench colleagues, crashed into Sir Stafford Cripps's defense of Britain's quitting India. Cripps turned on Churchill, icily asked him to "cease talking so loudly." Sir Stafford suffered another interruption. Tory Robert Boothby broke in: "Is it in order for an honorable member to peel and eat an orange during the debate?" Solemnly the Chair ruled: "In this chamber one does not smoke, one does not chew gum, one does not eat chocolate and sweets, and one should not peel and eat an orange...