Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...passes were enough to give Winthrop its lone and deciding touchdown in its triumph. First quarterback Flinn threw a pass to fullback Weller. Then Weller tossed one to right end Baumgarten, who raced over the goal from the 20-yard line. Versatile Baumgarten caught his breath, then drop-kicked the point...
...Shed your last drop of blood, fulfilling your sacred duty for the glory of the Chinese race, the Chinese Republic and the Chinese Revolutionary Army!" ordered General Sun in a message to the defenders of the Chinese Alamo. "I and your comrades salute you! Although, in accordance with orders, I have led my other men to new defense lines my spirit and my heart are with you in Chapei...
...Jeffers last week followed by only five days a decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise railroad freight rates for certain commodities enough to give U. S. roads an estimated $47,500,000 more revenue a year (TIME, Nov. 1). This sum President Jeffers last week called "a drop in the bucket." With 200 other top U. S. railroad executives he presently sat down in Chicago to discuss passing the bucket to the I.C.C. once more. After two days' talk the conclave agreed to ask the I.C.C. for: 1) a flat 15% rise in general freight rates estimated...
Meanwhile, Poultryman Cannaday's 1,700 Leghorns were producing their pre-rebellion quota of 80 doz. eggs daily, only production drop noted being just after an air raid when the hens were frightened. Anarchist collectivizers eyed the farm jealously once, but Cannaday remained unintimidated. Believer in the profit system, respecter of the law of supply & demand, he continued to sell his wares to hungry Madrileños, paying little heed to Leftist Spain's campaign to outlaw profiteering, fix prices...
When the police-students return to their homes they instruct others. Most graduates are promoted to head safety squads or local accident bureaus. Best recommendation of the Kreml teachings are that reports from nine cities where bureaus were established last year show a drop in accident fatalities ranging from...