Word: catchings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...When we catch our first glimpse of Kate, she is carrying on the battle of save her farm from a power company that is planning to dam a nearby river and flood her property. To earn money to fight them in court, she takes to radio and night-club singing, but never forgets her knitting and the folks back home. Faculty she arrives in time to pay the $50,000, and save the old homestead, and, in fact, the whole valley. Farmyard scenes, in which Kate Smith seems as much at home as any other side-show freak would...
...been wonderful to catch the note of confidence from all over the country. . . . Confidence and courage are the essentials of success. You people must have faith. You must not be stampeded by rumors or guesses. Let us unite in banishing fear. We have provided the machinery to restore our financial system and it is up to you to support it and make it work...
...ordinary windmill will turn only when facing the wind. The late Capt. F. J. Savonius (died 1931) of Finland invented a mill with S-shaped arms which could catch wind from any direction...
Banjos and mandolins have sometimes figured in the day's catch, and on one occasion, a victrola was gathered up after an initiation on the steps of Widener. Phillips Brooks House profits considerably from the forgetfulness of Harvard men, as unclaimed articles are given to them at the end of three months. On Friday, February 10, the date of its last consignment, the following articles were received: 47 felt hats, 2 berets, 27 notebooks, 78 textbooks, and one pair of running pants...
...looked easy: the last game was against University of Oregon, division tailenders, who had won only two games all season. In the middle of the second period, at Corvallis last week, Oregon was leading 21 to 20. Two minutes before the game ended, Oregon State, trying desperately to catch up, had slipped farther behind, 26 to 23. Red MacDonald. State guard, holed a long basket, but 20 sec. before the final gun Oregon was still a point ahead. Stevens, Oregon guard, fouled MacDonald; MacDonald sank the penalty shot to tie the score, gave Oregon State the chance it needed...