Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hopper defended the existence of a big navy by saying "it is to keep us out of war when we don't want to go in. You can't keep out of war by being weak. It's cheaper for America to outbuild Japan than to fight...
...work his head off in the 220 while Digger Kendall coasts to a record, and Jack Kennedy in the backstroke, Jim Munroe and Phil Walker in the breast, and Forbush and Synder in the dive, are never sure of their places unless they put up a real fight...
...Student Union which in former years has lobbied for repeal of the measure, gave indication yesterday that they would not renew their fight until there was more promise of success...
When Kid Galahad had run its course, Don't Pull Your Punches was taken off the shelf, dusted off, released under its third title, The Kid Comes Back. Less realistic than Kid Galahad, which focused on the chicanery of the fight racket, The Kid Comes Back concerns itself with an aging trial horse of the ring (Barton MacLane), whose sole remaining barrier to the championship is his own protégé (Actor Morris). In setting the stage for the old trial horse to have his day at last, the story permits itself a few trenchant observations about heavyweight...
Last week San Antonio's citizens marched to the polls, by a two-to-one vote defeated the bond issue. The Property Owners Defense League and city political machine had won. Next morning the teachers awoke to a grey day. They had not only lost the fight to raise their salaries but, unlike their opponents, would have to pay taxes on their cellos, cows, watches...