Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that point, at least half of the jurors broke into tears; one fainted dead away in the box and had to be carried...
...ferried on to Russia by way of Alaska. Jordan became suspicious of the black suitcases arriving by special plane and accompanied by armed Russian guards. One day he decided to take action, entered a plane, brushed aside two Russian couriers who "were screaming about diplomatic immunity," and broke open the cases...
...Senator Thomas sat down again his aide whispered frantically. The Senator broke in hoarsely: "They do?" Then he got up for the third time. "Gentlemen," he rumbled, "I was wrong. I did not know that Sweden had a King. I have just been informed that they do. But this is secondhand information...
Hardly was the conflict over the Catholic unions settled when a new fight broke out-about the site of the new organization's headquarters. The T.U.C.'s Arthur Deakin fought for London. Some Americans favored almost any place but London. The squabble was a reflection of a deeper rift. The Americans considered the British T.U.C. leadership to be undynamic, bogged down in home worries and tied to the British Labor government's colonial and foreign policies...
Eliot House broke a $2,300 record held by Lowell House last night by pushing its charity drive total to $2,480.50 as the college totals reached...