Word: crashing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...doing a good turn at the expense of policyholders. The extent to which Illinois had become an insurance playground became abruptly clear in 1932, when eight of the nine insurance failures in the U. S. that year were Illinois companies. Biggest of these, and third or fourth biggest insurance crash of the Depression, was Illinois Life, which had $150,000,000 in policies outstanding when the siphoning of Chicago's Hotelmen Stevens finally broke it (TIME, Dec. 5, 1932). The resulting yells of dismay brought swift reform in Governor Horner's first term...
...horror-delight of vast crowds in Indianapolis last week, two men were killed and four injured in two spectacular automobile crashes during races preliminary to the 25th annual 500-mi. Sweepstakes on Memorial Day. When this final event came, however, the 150,000 yelling fans clustered around the 2½-mi. brick oval did not get the ultimate thrill. Death took a holiday. Of 33 starters, 14 dropped out with motor trouble, only one had real trouble-a crash which knocked out both driver and mechanic. First to finish was dapper little Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis...
...life insurance today is under heavier fire than at any time since the days of the Armstrong investigation in New York State 30 years ago. Some of this criticism has been caused by the terrific lapse and surrender rate that followed the 1929 Crash. High-pressure salesmanship had foisted more insurance on the U. S. public than the U. S. public could carry. In the past seven years some $120,000,000,000 worth of policies lapsed or were surrendered, involving the forfeit of nearly $750,000,000. In 1934 alone 10,000,000 industrial policies disappeared from the books...
Following up their success in "Love Is News," Tyrone Power and Loretta Young again crash through with the goods in their latest vehicle, "Cafe Metropole," now showing at R.K.O. Keith...
...care and control of Stephen Crane's classic chronicle of disaster, The Open Boat, Lieut. Campbell tells a memorable tale. Without a wasted word, readers are made vividly aware of every disciplined detail of the Macon's last flight, from the rising siren to the final, gentle crash on the surface of the sea and the pyre of gasoline flames...