Word: drives
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lanarkshire became a master of debate who knew more about the coal industry than most operators, was vice president of United Mine Workers, biggest union in the land. When U.M.W.'s President John L. Lewis prepared to risk the future of his C.I.O. last summer in a great drive to organize Steel's 550,000 workers (TIME, June 15 et seq.), pious and persuasive Philip Murray was his choice for chairman of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee...
...hell couldn't he drive a mile farther into Boston so we wouldn't have to clean up this -- mess!" remarked an irate fireman who, incidentally, supplied the liquid refreshment to expectant students...
...ablest and most popular members of the Varsity glove team. Captain Pete Olney and Alf Corbett, and they provide a show of their own that will go on all through the evening. Each takes one of the two fighters, coaches him (as much as he dares), tries to drive him to victory. Tonight Alf is going to be out for revenge for he drew ten losers in the first afternoon, while Olney only dropped four...
Best chance to see the King & Queen without having to buy a seat is on May 19, when Their Majesties drive nearly three miles across town from Buckingham Palace to lunch with the Lord Mayor at Guildhall. One may catch a local cruise boat next day to go to the Royal Naval Review at Spithead...
Chemical officers will admit-or even argue-that it is conceivable that some foreign power or combination of powers might drive the U. S. Navy to cover, bring up their aircraft carriers to 50 or 100 miles from the coast, attack New York. Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis by air. Lieut.-Col. Prentiss holds that, if such a fantastic possibility materialized, incendiary bombs and high explosives would be more harmful than gas. To be effective, gas requires masses of human beings at ground level and without adequate shelter. War gas is heavy. Even if the enemy had the tremendous number...