Word: catchings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...scare by landing on Judge Edwin S. Thomas of the U.S. District Court in Connecticut, who sat in a bribery case whose handling by Judge Manton is now being investigated by a grand jury. Federal agents subpoenaed Judge Thomas to appear with his books and papers but failed to catch him with the summons before he sailed for Panama on the S. S. Santa Barbara. A radio to the captain to put Judge Thomas off with the pilot brought the message: "JUDGE CONTINUING TRIP...
...pretend that I have had time to examine with care every phrase in [Hitler's speech]. ... It touched upon a great many topics and covered a wide field," said the Prime Minister, in a voice so low that diplomats in the gallery had to crane to catch his words. But Mr. Chamberlain had apparently taken time enough to comb out of Hitler's formless harangue every conciliatory crumb of comfort it contained. These he singled out for special praise. "I very definitely got the impression," the Prime Minister went on, "that it was not the speech...
Miss Laidlaw's catch not only put to shame the heavy-tackle anglers who think they have accomplished something when they land a tarpon with 24-thread line, but also went on record as the outstanding achievement of this year's 99-day Miami Fishing Tournament. Deep-sea angling experts could not remember a more remarkable feat in Atlantic waters...
Yasuo Kuniyoshi likes black & white touches so much that rare is the Kuniyoshi composition without a magazine, a corner of newspaper, a wrought-iron figure, a brunette en chemise. Another thing he likes is playing with webby threads of paint as a pastry cook plays with icing, to catch the light and give his canvases lustre. His great-eyed, meanderingly drawn figures often seem to exist in a mussy halo of phosphorescence, with vast spaces of mere paint around them. This highly mannered style does not satisfy Kuniyoshi, but it is the first one he has made fully and expressively...
...lance which is hooked to the floating carcass after a whale has been killed by harpooners in small boats. It will broadcast on the 600-to-800-metre band an automatically recurring signal so that a mother ship with a direction-finding receiver can track down and recover the catch. Since few household radio receivers tune much higher than 560 metres, the chances of an ordinary radio listener tuning in a dead whale will be slight...