Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...storm broke on him just before a municipal election in August 1943. District Attorney Hogan, who had tapped Costello's telephone, reported the conversation which had ensued when one Thomas Aurelio called Costello the morning after Aurelio had been nominated for New York's supreme court...
...Broke Safety Rule...
When he released the confidential letters which precipitated last month's revolt of the admirals, Captain John G. Crommelin broke a whole lockerful of Navy rules & regulations, was duly suspended from duty. Both Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and Navy Secretary Francis Matthews were hot for court-martialing him. Last week Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, the new Chief of Naval Operations, decided on a smarter, less severe move...
...Pittsburgh Steelers game, Owner Marshall was barred from the Redskins' dressing room in Washington's Griffith Stadium. The coach, Vice Admiral John E. Whelchel, U.S.N. (ret.), was giving his pros a pep talk, and it was for the ears of football players only. "Billick" Whelchel broke a big piece of news: it was his last game with the Redskins. He shook hands all around, then made his speech: "Now go out there and win that game for me." The Redskins did in a shifting, fast-moving finale that included passes by the aging master, 35-year-old Slingin...
Occupational Hazard. In Richmond, the Virginia State Industrial Commission allowed a claim of $176 for medical expenses to Actor Mell Turner, who said that during a love scene he misjudged the distance, broke his nose on the leading lady's forehead...