Word: dampered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...While I sympathize with all the nationalities of Czechoslovakia, I am speaking here only for the oppressed Germans ..." Herr Hitler went on, thus putting a damper on rumors that he had faced Mr. Chamberlain with Polish and Hungarian claims as well as Germany's. "Upon the threats of Great Britain and France, Herr Benes finally admitted that the Sudetenland must be ceded to Germany," continued Hitler. "The play is now ended. . . . THE FINAL GERMAN DEMANDS CONTAIN ONLY WHAT BENES HAS ALREADY PROMISED...
Intermittent, heavy spring rains last week put a damper on all large-scale attacks by both sides in Spain's civil war. In the Pyrenees to the north snow turned mountain roads into slippery, slimy trails, prevented Rightist troops from making any appreciable gains. At week...
...Fall River Line was bought by Old Colony R. R., which was absorbed 18 years later by the New Haven. Fast and frequent trains were putting a damper on water traffic; but, looked at another way, water traffic was taking some business from the railroad. The New Haven tried to solve both problems by acquiring as many shipping lines on the Sound as it could. These moves were fought tooth & nail by competitors and the Interstate Commerce Commission was appealed to time & again to pry the New Haven loose from its subsidiary, New England Steamship Co. In recent years these...
...Youngstown meeting was important if not very inspiring. Snow kept away several hundred reserved-seat holders. Instead of the 4,500 people expected, 2,400 were in the audience. Worse still, Candidate Borah was in need of the night's rest he had lost on the train. Final damper was the Machine Age. Like many another politician, Senator Borah has accepted the adage that modern campaign is a duel by radio. In one of his first major radio trials, in Brooklyn last January, his friends found the great orator from Idaho far from impressive. The trouble was, he thought...
Captain Leavy White has been shifted from his forward position to a guard post, teaming up with Jack Damper. In addition to Dampeer there will be at least two other Sophomores in the starting lineup. George Lowman will continue to fill the center post of Bill Gray, who has been out with a knee injury since before vacation. Bill Shirk, another Sophomore, makes a new forward...