Word: droving
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hammering headlines from the steel front (see p. 11) drove shares to new lows and near records for inactivity for the year. It was the first time since C. I. O. got into action that strike news has been a general market factor. The motor sit-downs last winter merely interrupted the market's upward climb and prices were later pushed to new recovery highs...
...mother of Mr. Golding's new heroine, Irina, had been a dancer in the Imperial Russian Ballet. So had her mother before her. So naturally Irina was a dancer too. From the time she could toddle, Dancing-Master Borodin drilled and drove her, his heart set on making her a great ballerina. Irina had no time or strength left for thoughts about her own heart until, just as the time was drawing near for her debut, she met dour young Doctor Ivan. Ivan thought dancing and dancers ridiculous, but not Irina. They took each other so seriously that...
...that "because of their viciousness and the way they operate, the Brady mob is going to make Dillinger look like a neophyte." This sombre testimonial was justified shortly after the Goodland bank robbery. Pursued by two policemen, Brady & friends hid behind a church at a crossroads. When the officers drove up, the gang opened fire with automatic rifles and shotguns. Trooper Paul Minneman fell out of the car. Brady walked over to him. "This------'s dead," he said...
...real trouble-a crash which knocked out both driver and mechanic. First to finish was dapper little Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis, who set a new record for the race by averaging 113.58 m.p.h. Only 20 yd. behind was Ralph Hepburn of Los Angeles in the car which Louis Meyer drove to victory last year. Third was Ted Horn, also of Los Angeles. To winner Shaw went some $40,000, mostly put up by automobile men who consider the race a good way to test their products...
...Club held its annual Anchors Aweigh party, the President motored down to Quantico, Va. to throw out the first ball in the game between Congressmen and Newshawks. Having waited at the Marines' ball park for 15 minutes in a downpour without seeing any signs of his hosts, he drove down to the dock where the party had remained weatherbound on the steamer which had brought it from Washington. On the gangplank he witnessed the presentation by Senator Tom Connally of a new Texas sombrero to Vice President Garner in restitution for one Mr. Garner lost umpiring the game...