Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stands with France "in war as in peace." Mr. Bullitt denied saying that, said the President. Mr. Roosevelt told the press to reread his and Secretary Hull's recent utterances. Next day Mr. Hull made public a letter, accepting Peru's invitation to the eighth Pan-American Conference (at Lima, December), saying...
...March, Barcelona was bombed systematically at intervals of every three hours. The loss of life was more than half of London's air-raid toll during the entire World War. Reputedly used for the first time was a new bomb, the gas expansion of which killed people an eighth of a mile away from the explosion, stunned those a quarter of a mile away. Although Barcelona's morale showed signs of cracking, the heavy raids ceased suddenly...
Somehow Ambers kept on his feet through that round, and the seventh-and the eighth and the ninth and the tenth. The crowd went crazy. By the 13th. when he plainly got the better of Armstrong, who by this time was swinging wildly and forfeiting rounds because of low blows, the Garden was yelling for a game fighter. After the 15th round, when Referee Billy Cavanagh held up Armstrong's arm in victory (a decision boisterously booed from the gallery), Henry Armstrong was so exhausted that he probably could not have pronounced his own title: World's Featherweight...
...Embassy at Peking, Captain Carlson returned to Hankow after three and a half months' "tour" as a military observer of the "conquered" provinces of Shansi, Hopei, Shantung and Suiyuan, where he traveled with organized Chinese guerrilla bands, including detachments of the Communist-trained Eighth Route Army, met Red Commander...
...Tournament, asked her to go along. Off they drove to Lincoln Park. "I want to play," said she, "but what shall I do? I'm wearing high heels." While a large gallery gaped and tittered, Actress Lawrence stepped up to the tee of the 184-yd. eighth, removed her shoes, borrowed a spoon, took a healthy swat at the ball. It fell short. She took another, got closer. The third ball plopped on the green, rolled 5 ft. 6 in. from the cup. Asked her handicap. Golfer Lawrence explained: "My handicap is the ball...