Word: corralling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...supplement for Yeoman Brill, I have been invited to corral letters, words, sentences, paragraphs, et cetra and formulate them so they will fabricate this week's column, Hence, I find my self poised over the typewriter with word baited fingers about to race (did I say race or erase) over the key-board to bring to the readers of this column a few seeds of humor which, I pray, may blossom into a smile or perhaps a laugh. If this should occur to but one reader, my journalistic effort will not be in vain...
...Vaughan, the Princeton mentor, put another man on the ice anyway, causing a lengthy debate concerning the legality of Princeton playing with six men on the ice (which there were) when Northrup was in the box (which he was). Finally Northrup and a teammate played gin rummy in the corral while Mechem went wild, scoring both of his goals in 40 seconds...
...soft cellular rubber for insulation, gaskets, seat cushions, pontoons, etc. The rubber business flourished but young Odium wanted more diversification, found it in venerable Ward La France Truck Corp., one of the biggest U.S. makers of fire engines and custom-built, heavy-duty trucks. With these two in the corral, he went after Connecticut Telephone & Electric Corp. (interphone systems, signal alarms, aviation equipment), last month arranged a share-for-share swap with his Great American...
...neither overlooking the slightest opportunity to cut the other's throat. The only hand between them is the memory of their common "Aunt Lucy" whose ghostly form makes numerous and picturesque appearances throughout the picture. Bing eventually comes out the winner. He gets the girl. But Bob manages to corral a choice specimen from his temporary harem, and he doesn't seem a bit dissatisfied with his fate...
...road that helped develop the great Alabama steel areas (and vice versa); it was the road whose passengers used to be met by grinning waiters with free Sazerac cocktails; it was the road which John W. (Bet-you-a-Million) Gates kidnapped from J. P. Morgan's corral in a spectacular Stock Exchange raid in 1902. Gates made $10,000,000 by selling the stock to J. P. Morgan, who then resold it to Atlantic Coast Line. A.C.L. still owns 51% of L. & N. common...