Word: dooms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...they would celebrate Jan. 27 the birthday of Der Kaiser. A clash was averted. The Kaiserlichers dined and roared "Hoch der Kaiser!", but Storm Troops in Kiel then and there resolved to destroy a Club whose motto did not seem to be "Heil Hitler!" A message from Kiel to Doom bleakly informed Commodore Wilhelm Hohenzollern that his Kaiserlicher Club had just been dissolved, its handsome premises turned over to officers of the Nazi Navy...
...persuaded Nominee Landon to begin a "fighting campaign." Bit by bit his temper rose; his attacks grew stern, next vigorous, next angry. As the campaign entered its final week, they reached full fury. Not Frank Knox, not John Hamilton had ever shouted a blacker, more fearful prophecy of the doom in store for the U. S. if Alf Landon should fail of election than did Alf Landon himself when, at Baltimore this week, he cried...
Pointing to the imminent doom of amateurism in athletics the country over, Mr. Bingham has put his finger on a problem that strikes the roots of Harvard's athletic tradition. Dedicated to the strictest amateur ideal, Harvard is threatened on all sides by the amazing growth of professionalism which has developed during the past decades. If box-office interests continue to rule the sport, the college will soon face a situation where no teams of similar standards can be found for the schedule...
...College and took the Yard from the Senior Class to hand it over to the Freshmen. At the time, it was done with fear and trembling and even Copey, Harvard's beloved Charles Townsend Copeland, looked, up on the invasion of the first-year class as the approach of doom. For with 1,000 lusty throats, as yet unmodulated by the traditions of the College, to bellow "Reinhart" the prospect was not too pleasant...
...autumn Amoskeag's visible doom had aroused both State and City to consultations. Governor Bridges' textile committee pointed out that one of the immediate reasons for Amoskeag's inability to do business was a heavy burden of fixed charges. Applying for a 77B reorganization in December, Treasurer Dumaine proposed to lighten this load by getting holders of Amoskeag's outstanding $11,000,000 in bonds to exchange them for stock. Nearly half the bondholders, however, chose to take cash instead of new securities-more cash than the company could pay. The March flood completed Amoskeag...