Word: broking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hankering for the sea (Odysseus was always his hero, Ithaca his spiritual homeland), Onassis began buying merchant ships. From Canadian National Railways, he purchased half a dozen vessels in 1930 at $20,000 apiece. Each had cost $2,000,000 to build ten years earlier. When World War II broke out, Onassis owned many of the precious tankers in Allied waters...
...demonstrators planned to maintain the barricades peacefully, and gather together in a room when the police broke in. They voted to stand and defend themselves, but not be provocative, the source said...
...Cornell struck first. With 9:24 gone in the first quarter, star center forward Nick Alexandridis, who led the Ivy League in scoring last year, broke through the Crimson's defense, faked goalie Rich Locksley, and bounced the ball past him into the left corner...
After repeated near misses, Thomas and Phil Kydes broke the game open in the first period by scoring two quick goals. Center forward Thomas booted his first goal at 13:16. Thirty seconds later Kydes scored unassisted...
Scott Guild, another sophomore who started at halfback, showed some fancy open field running as he broke away for an 80-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter. The third touchdown came late in the third quarter on a two yard plunge by Miller...