Word: comeback
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...decision* that gave TVA a mile. Fourteen private power companies had appealed from a Federal court decision, which affirmed the constitutionality of TVA's entire power program and held that any loss they suffered from TVA competition was damnum absque injuria (loss without a legal comeback). In moderate Justice Roberts' decision, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the companies because "neither their charters nor their local franchises involve the grant of a monopoly or render competition illegal." Thus without directly affirming the constitutionality of TVA, the decision appeared to leave utility lawyers without any visible means...
Coach Al Dewey's Freshman pucksters will try to hit the comeback trail after dropping a hard game to St. Marks 6-3, last Saturday when they meet, a strong Andover sextet in the Skating Club rink today at two o'clock...
...telling the length of a whale in the water, they now argued: "It's difficult to tell how long they are." Then they told him that they found the whales "dead and floating." When Midtlyng pointed out that the dead whales bore harpoon marks, the whalers had no comeback...
...Indoor Athletic Building trailing by 10 points and having all the appearances of a beaten team at the end of the first half of their game with the Northeastern Huskies last night, but they returned an entirely different five after the intermission and went on to score a great comeback victory...
...YORK--Profit taking dried up on the stock market late today and the the list made a sharp comeback to close irregular...