Word: ebbs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same time, the Canadian Gov ernment permitted U. S. agents to stand on the Windsor, Ont., liquor export docks as a means of checking rum-running to Detroit, which cut the flow to" the low ebb of 500 cases per day. This, Canada considered, was part of "neighborly co operation," whereas the I'm Alone case involved a major international principle...
...American journalism is to be congratulated that at no time in its history has it been burdened by any kind of 'official' press association. Any government that seriously tries to control the natural ebb and flow of news inevitably finds in the end that such a policy leads to disaster...
...accepted his post as Director of Athletics under trying circumstances. Harvard's record in intercollegiate sport was at a low ebb which made the alumni thoroughly dissatisfied with the conduct of the athletic program and disinclined to contribute to its support. More than this, the name of college sport itself was under a cloud of criticism from persons who thought it harmful to the true purposes of a university; at Harvard this criticism was especially strong. If Mr. Bingham has brought harmony and helpful understanding--and he certainly has--out of discord and confusion, his success...
...tradition are rounded out in this afternoon's Dartmouth gridiron appearance. Athletics were a casual pastime when the men from Hanover first came to Cambridge; it was that long ago. And yet, such is the effect of partial anti-climax, popular and newspaper hysteria are at an ultimate low ebb. Cadets and campaigners, Dempseys and dirigibles have harrowed the public. For the only time in recent memory, there is a possibility that the fifty few thousand who attend the game will be composed of those who actually are interested in the jarring combat of two powerful elevens...
...last week, was the midyear statement of American Locomotive Co., made public by Chairman William Hartman Woodin, recent Smith convert. Net profits for the first six months of 1928 were $1,502,702, as against $2,485,784 in 1927. "Locomotive buying," said Chairman Woodin, "is at a low ebb...