Word: eights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this session-on the theory that the results of the Florida primaries last fortnight would make it sure to pass. True or false, the report and the fact that it was generally credited were in themselves indications that the President was functioning in top form. Improved by: 1) his eight-day fishing trip, and 2) his confidence that Congress was again in a tractable frame of mind, he breezed through a week including everything from Hell to helium with complete finesse, good humor and enthusiasm...
...Rogers' political troubles, a sharp-eyed correspondent of the New York Herald Tribune went through the list of candidates in the July 12 Oklahoma primaries and discovered what amounted to a trend. Mae West, an Oklahoma City housewife, is running for Commissioner of Charities and Correction. She has eight children, is a devoted Baptist, and entered the race only after she had prayed for a considerable time and consulted her pastor. The pastor is praying for her every...
...First Wing, normally based at March and Hamilton Fields, Calif. Brash, toughly amiable General Emmons, whom many of his comrades look upon as a likely successor to Commanding General Andrews when the latter retires, transformed 16 Douglas bombers into transports, shuttled them and their pilots as many as eight times across the continent, based his entire force at New Haven. Conn, and nearby airports in the New England area. From Barksdale Field, La.. came Brigadier General Frederick S. Martin, who led the Army's round-world hop in 1924, and his Third Wing with 756 officers...
...Grande do Sul Interventor Colonel Oswaldo Cordeiro de Faria, who had been busy battling attackers at his home, appeared still clad in his pajamas at the head of a company of police, civilians and soldiers. They bottled up the Green Shirts with a flanking movement. Thirty Integralistas were captured, eight lay dead...
...been hailed as the most colorful fisticuffer since John L. Sullivan, 10,000 curious fight fans turned out to watch his well-publicized antics. But they made him a 4-to-1 underdog, in spite of the fact that he had never been knocked down in his eight-year career, had knocked out his four most recent opponents (Al Ettore, Leroy Haynes, Lorenzo Pack and Charley Massera...