Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Talmadge, a practical politician who wants to go on holding office in a Democratic state, assured a state committee meeting which had just pledged Georgia's delegation to Roosevelt that, while he might or might not go to Philadelphia, he would be on the right side when the fight begins...
...fatigue still written on his face from his Cleveland campaign, John Hamilton last week alighted from a plane at Newark to start the Republican campaign in the East. Asked why he had chosen Manhattan he replied with a grin, "Mostly because I want to see the Louis-Schmeling fight...
...Steve Harvey of Dallas who enlisted in the Canadian forces at 13, transferred to a U. S. division later on, collected $782 as the youngest soldier to fight for the Allies...
...when it seemed the fight was winning and that the plane might be landed, you came back and warned your passengers that the landing would be rough. You unlocked the door so that all could escape from the burning plane. . . . You did this when your hands were burned to the bone. You could hardly hold the key. I pray God for the knowledge to understand for what purpose He saved my life by sacrificing yours...
...Duke Nalon, Chicago midget-auto driver: a five-mile race that inaugurated the Philadelphia Municipal Stadium as a midget track, drew the biggest crowd for a professional sport event in Philadelphia since the Dempsey-Tunney fight...