Word: drew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Edward of Wales, aboard the Duke of Westminster's yacht, drew his pistol and fired repeatedly at some white fish with long tails seen leaping in the Corsican moonlight. Said Equerry Major Sir John Aird, "The sounds of the shots must have made the Corsicans think someone was murdering His Highness...
...instrumental numbers?parlor music in tune with the times which brought him increasing royalties. An able pianist, he got out of his depth when he tried to compose a piano concerto. Melody was easy but Nevin never managed to master counterpoint or orchestration. To his father, on whom he drew freely for his studies and trips, he wrote: "You would be proud if your son were to make a name and fame for himself thro' the gift he inherited? not of his own doings, but a God given talent." Nevin wrote a flimsy little Narcissus, later called it "nasty...
There are now roughly 2,000,000 enthusiastic softball players in the U. S., more than 60,000 organized amateur teams, and 1,000 lighted parks, mostly in the Midwest. In 1934, the Amateur Softball Association was formed, drew up a book of rules. Since then more than 1,000,000 copies have been distributed. Last week in Chicago, 40 men's and 16 women's softball teams, each champion of a state or a city of more than 500,000 population, met to decide the championship of the U. S. In three days, crowds estimated...
...Forrest Smith, State Auditor of Missouri, was buzzing about the Treasury Department in Washington. "Wouldn't the U. S. coin one and five-mill pieces," he begged, "to assist Missourians in paying the 1% sales tax imposed by their Legislature?" Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. assented. Franklin Roosevelt drew a picture of the coins as he would like them (TIME, Aug. 5). A bill went to the House Committee on Coinage, Weights & Measures, where Representative Lloyd Thurston of Osceola, Iowa made this proposal...
Women. Left-handed Kay Stammers, prettiest girl in the tournament, warmed up with Perry, beat one Gertrude Dwyer 6-0, 6-2, after winning eleven games in a row. For her first opponent, Helen Jacobs drew Mrs. H. Walter Blumenthal (the onetime Baroness Levi), fifth in U. S. women's ranking, had a hard time winning, 6-3, 6-4. Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan played the best tennis of the women during the week, avalanching Helen Pederson with hard drives and volleys in two love sets...