Word: cornering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sudden rise in the price of sugar from 7 to 10 cents a pound has created a great movement of protest throughout the country. Four Federal agencies and one non-partisan political organization have already begun inquiries into the alleged sugar corner, and all expect to find evidence of manipulation through monopoly which will be brought before a Grand Jury. The five agencies investigating the so-called " sugar steal...
...People's Legislative Service, an independent, progressive political body, which is furnishing material to all Federal agencies to aid the exposure of the sugar corner...
...Latin, the latter winning in 3 minutes 18 seconds. Haggerty, the first man for Latin, after getting away to a fast start was overtaken and passed by McKillop, who gave a five-yard lead to his teammate, Pickard. Sullivan, the next Latin runner, dropped the baron on the first corner, and, before he could recover itt, was many yards behind. He started immediately, however, and steadily gained ground, finally passing his opponent on the last lap and giving his successor a three-yard lead, which was gradually increased in spite of the efforts of the English runners...
...first Boston performance of "Spite Corner", a rather conventional play in three acts by Frank Craven, was admirably handled by the St. James players. Although this week's piece deals with the usual scenes of country life, it is strangely enough, interestingly built and fairly void of the made-to-order villagers who usually are intended to typify the rural life. The Boston Stock Company does not portray theatre country-folk; but goes deeper and gives a sketch of typical country life. In fact, one is not once reminded of the slapstick country rube nor is the comic hired...
...Lippo Lippi tossed the sinful chessboard into a dark corner when the abbot called him to illuminate the daily chronicle. The monks had found that he had "joined legs and arms to the long music notes, found nose and eyes and china for A's and B's. He had only scorn for the inky-fingered scribblers who drew the Latin script...