Word: curbs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...side of the street, three on the other?start coasting down the hill. One nimble pedestrian leaped into a car coasting backwards, braked it, stopped two of the other cars with the bumper while other bystanders pushed from behind. The two cars facing downhill, bumping against the curb were delayed sufficiently for saviors to control them. Men bawling 'Thieves! Thieves! Stop there! Thieves!" chased after the urchins. None were caught...
...practically impoverished after he was ousted from General Motors in 1920, he has since made himself many times a millionaire by stock market skill; market quotations are ham-and-eggs to him. Wrote the Time's writer slyly: "Shares of the Durant Motor Co. on the Curb Market were a little stronger yesterday in an irregular market. . . . The market for the shares was supported actively by Mr. Durant...
...drizzling rain and a bleak landscape. Suddenly, as he crossed the Rouge River bridge, he heard the roar of a big car behind him and a Studebaker drew up alongside, smashed into him, sped on toward Detroit. Mr. Ford's Ford spun around crazily, bounced over a six-inch curb, tumbled down a 15-foot embankment, came to rest with the aid of a tree. That tree was a better stopping point than the Rouge River. Spitting blood, Mr. Ford climbed out of the wreckage, staggered a quarter mile, appeared before his gatekeeper who immediately telephoned Mrs. Ford. She rushed...
...admission of Eskimo Pie Corp. securities to trading on the New York Curb Market last week marked another incident in the life of a Scandinavian immigrant. The trivial business that Christian K. Nelson and Russell Stover began at Omaha, Neb., half a dozen years ago was now a $25,000,000 corporation...
...enjoy smoking when I can't see the smoke. But to that question, I always ask in turn if that is the questioner's reason for smoking. At the invariable answer of 'yes' I always suggest that such a person might save money by sitting on the curb and watching a chimney...