Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would have had to go out of business long before the constitutionality of the law was settled. "If a man has a pig by the hind leg," said Texan Hardie, "he can't afford to let go when somebody says to him, 'Drop that pig and catch another...
...Chicago's Stockyards Court, Judge Robert Jerome Dunne passed final judgment on 56 drunkards who had been on probation in charge of their wives or other kin since Sept. 1. When Bill McNulty said, "I haven't touched a drop," his wife cried, "Oh, judge, he's lying to you." Sentence: 60 days. Of John Cpywiak, his wife Anna said, "He's been out of work for nine years. He spent my $500 savings on booze. Then he came home and robbed the baby's bank. I don't want him, judge...
Sciences Show Drop...
Unfortunately, drinking to excess on the part of many students exists throughout the entire college picture. While a majority of the students in college may "only touch a drop now and then," those who drink "in earnest" are numerous enough to seriously hamper and endanger the lives of their fellows...
...European diplomatic front of the Ethiopian war last week tension rose again toward the breaking point. Three brawling boasters could scarcely have vaunted themselves more ready to fight at the drop of a Sanction than did Britain, France and Italy in the suave and supple but exceedingly dangerous communiqués of their respective governments to the Press...