Word: catches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Five of the capsized fisherman had drowned before the swimmers reached them, but it was no trick at all for Kahanamoku and his followers to buoy up 13 survivors, drag them across their boards, catch a wave and rush their gasping passengers ashore in relays. The exhibition bore out, surprisingly soon, a recent pronouncement of the U. S. President (TIME, June 1, THE PRESIDENCY), that swimming "in itself constitutes a useful accomplishment...
...moon is indeed green cheese, where is the cat that will catch the mice that nibble the holes that are easily seen by persons with a strong pair of binoculars...
...public opinion criticised the Methodist tribunals for not having a consistent body of Canon Law to guide their decisions in the varied cases which came before them. Therefore the institution fell into discredit and received the contemptuous nickname of Ku Klux Klan, a corruption of an old wrestling term "Catch-as-catch...
...fourth inning. Ray got a hit to center, and stole second while Daker was striking out. With two down, it seemed that Toulmin had pitched himself out of a bad hole, but he reversed his luck on the next play when he foozled Tobin's toss to catch the runner at first, and two runs scored. Captain Hammond followed this with his only error of the game and when Toulmin passed Moulton, the bases were filled. The Crimson hurler rose to the occasion, however, and struck out Hamilton, his rival on the mound...
...burdens imposed by the Experts' Plan. The Socialists saw in this measure proof that the Government was under the thumb of the grain-growing Junkers. As for the tariff on automobiles, the German trade in them was so hopeless that it would be years before it could catch up with foreign competitors. During this time, apparently, Germans will have to pay far more than the world price for their autos or go without them. Hence there arose from Socialist and Democratic forums cries of: "Down with the Government's rightward tendency!" ''Down with the usurious bread...