Word: couldn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the Colonel was 14 he ran away from home and worked from ranch to ranch. By the time he was 21 he owned a ranch of 70,000 head of cattle and employing 90 men. "I admit you couldn't do a thing like that nowadays," he said, "even in the west; it takes more than brawn and snap judgment to start in business today, edication seems to be becoming necessary in all fields," he said in speaking of his ranching business...
...alternative to his refusal to stabilize now or fix the gold content. He had to meet the pressure of the inflationists. He had to continue to try to persuade the other governments of the world to try the commodity standard experiment. So inasmuch as he came to believe there couldn't be any stabilization now anyway, there seemed no harm in an academic espousal of the commodity standard...
...sure, the Crimson had ample opportunity to tally several times, but the final drive for the score was deplorably lacking. Harvard got all of the breaks, but couldn't capitalize on them. Not once in the four attempts to score from the one-yard line did Crimson carriers cross the goal line...
...were treated like babies. One night we went to the Follies and the first act ended at 10:30. We were bundled out of the theatre to our hotel on a sizzling night. We tried to sleep but couldn't do it. ... The air of super-seriousness that marked all our actions was depressing. ... I have come to the conclusion that the best plan for the United States to follow next year is to select a man with a youthful viewpoint, a man possessing international background, to direct the team. ... A man like Frank Hunter or Vinny Richards...
...trunks." The piece ended with what none of Pegler's readers could misconstrue as an apology for sentiment: "But I am bracing up now. I will be all right in a minute. I guess I am just an old crybaby. But a fellow was saying I couldn't turn it on and couldn't write anything but cynicism, and I said the hell I couldn...