Word: curts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cardinals ever since 1934, when his bumptious performances on & off the ball field made him a national clown-hero, the pampered super-pitcher who could not be bought for less than $400,000-this paladin of sport had been traded to the Chicago Cubs for three ordinary players (Pitchers Curt Davis & Clyde Shoun. Outfielder George Stainback) and a reported...
While baseball fans chased such hypotheses round in circles, Dizzy Dean's old teammates, the irrepressible Gas House Gang with whom he has been cavorting ever since he entered big-league baseball, were plainly grieved. But General Manager Branch Rickey sounded the curt keynote of the front office: "The Cardinals will now be a 23-player club, not a Dizzy Dean club...
...With a curt nod of "you're welcome," Professor Elliot strode away, across the street to Lowell House, where he is said to be a tutor...
Believing that you would not wilfully misinterpret, may I call [the following] to your attention in this week's TIME: You refer to the "President's curt speech" heard by a "tobacco-chewing crowd," etc. The crowd was NOT tobacco-chewing, and it applauded the speech. The honor of the President's visit was thoroughly appreciated. Many of the 50,000 crowd had motored miles that morning to be present and to see the President. Brenau College students and faculty in the foreground can attest what I say. President Pearce of Brenau College praised the speech without...
...part of the South's economic difficulties to old-fashioned feudalism, added that: "When you come down to it, there is little difference between the feudal system and the fascist system. If you believe in the one you lean to the other." Reaction to the President's curt speech by a tobacco-chewing crowd which had expected a few congratulatory truisms was one of silent, hurt amazement. Next day, it was echoed by the Southern press, by which time the President was in a fairly snappish mood himself...