Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...brilliant playing of Ogilvy finally turned the tide in the last doubles match. Playing steadily, Captain Fuld and Dorson showed good fight in coming back after singles defeats...
...forgotten was the private grudge fight between the Reich and New York's peppery little Mayor LaGuardia. With great disregard of time & space, the Berlin press picked Borough President George U. Harvey of Queens to be its candidate this autumn for Mayor of New York. All but annihilating Mr. Harvey's chances before the race began, Berlin newspapers solemnly declared: "If he is elected Mayor, Mr. Harvey has promised to eradicate Communists from New York in two weeks, with rubber hoses." In many ways Adolf Hitler's toughest opponent remained the Catholic Church...
Since that was what Mr. Vanderlip wanted, the proxy fight ended there & then. A Harvard graduate (class of 1930), lively young Frank Vanderlip maintains offices at No. 52 Wall Street with his father, now 72. United in financial affairs, Vanderlip Jr. and Sr. parted on the subject of Prohibition. WThen old Frank became chairman of the national advisory board of the Crusaders (Wets) in 1933, young Frank joined the Citizens' Legion (Drys) within 24 hours. No family row developed, however, and young Frank never signed an abstinence pledge...
...defense of their company's founder rushed many another Bethlehem stockholder. A little man named Souermundt leaped from his chair, snatched off his spectacles and shrilled: "My nose has been punched before but I'm always ready for a fight! Punch him on the snoot, Mr. Schwab! Punch him on the snoot...
Before Richard Whiting and his Eastern ways had time to turn the whole county into a mollycoddle community, the Civil War gave the men of Phinizy County a real outlet. Those who did not fight with Forrest fought with Morgan. Even after the War petered out, some of them had not had their bellyful. When Lafe Potter ran off with Mersery Pillow, five of the Pillow clan went to get her back. When the shooting was over Lafe turned to his bride and said casually: "I got four of the bastards." Said Mersery: "I'm glad...