Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Whenever two or three men are banded together they can, if they will just drop a note to the White House, be virtually assured of a formal chit from the President of the U. S. expounding his sympathy with their aspirations, his admiration for men of their calling, perhaps his appreciation of the civic virtues of their creed, race, or particular forbears. Last week the members of the New York Board of Trade settled back in their chairs at luncheon to hear a chit written by the President specifically to be read to them. It had come in answer...
...sidelight," Glen Gray remarked, "it may interest you to know that my real family name is Glen Gray Knoblauch. We decided to drop the last for commercial reasons, but the boys helped out my ego by adding a Spike...
...Fisher who succeeded Percy Haughton as head coach, was captain of the team in 1911, the year in which Princeton beat Dartmouth by a drop kick which bounded along the ground, hit a bump and bounced over the cross bar. This contingency is no longer a point to worry players, since it has been ruled...
...Grace of God King of the Hellenes last week. The Hellenes had voted him back onto the Greek Throne from which they drove him twelve years ago. All Greek elections are conducted with terrorist methods and the latest plebiscite was no exception. As a voter one could drop into the ballot box a blue vote for George II and please General George Kondylis, the Dictator who is bringing him back to Athens, or one could cast a red ballot for the Republic and get roughed up. Some 98% of the ballots were royal blue and members of the Athens rabble...
After the theatre, late in the evening, you'd do well to drop...