Word: crackings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...surprising that the Pope refused to crack down on Cardinal Mundelein. First, they are close friends. The first Eucharistic Congress ever to meet in the U. S. met in Chicago in 1926. That Cardinal Mundelein was chosen to organize this Congress was considered a special Papal tribute. Second the Cardinal had "a mass of accumulated evidence that could no longer be overlooked." Third, the Cardinal, who lives simply, has fine collections of coins and incunabula, is one of the Catholic Church's most successful money-raisers...
Encouraged, the stickmen staged a frantic offensive in the closing minutes led by Wintherspoon and Hartstone, but were unable to crack the Bulldogs' defense...
While the Varsity is racing on the Charles Saturday, Bert Haines' crack lightweight eight will be entering the American Henley regatta at Philadelphia a favorite...
Telephoning in transit is by no means new but is still undeveloped. Some freights have telephone service between engine and caboose at all times, and certain crack limiteds like the Twentieth Century have telephone service to anywhere when the train is at rest in stations, but nowhere can train travelers telephone beyond the train when it is moving. In Canada some five years ago the Canadian National conducted a stunt whereby a conversation was held between London, England, and a train running between Montreal and Chicago. Regular service proved too costly, was discontinued...
Bogen knew their monopoly could not last, so while business was still good he sold his interest to Tootsie, started his own dress business. His partners, both lured away from other firms, were a crack salesman and a first-rate designer, Meyer Babushkin. As soon as he had picked the salesman's brains, Bogen froze him out. Thanks to Babushkin's ability and Bogen's shrewdness, the money rolled in. Meantime Bogen's mother began to worry about him, tried to settle him down by making a match with a solid, sensible Jewish girl. Bogen...