Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pioneer pucksters put up a rough fight against the powerful Winthrop outfit, and were beaten by only one goal, 2-1. Kirkland and Dudley played just two periods before the game was called for varsity practice. At that time Kirkland was in the lead, 1-0, thanks to the goal made by Gilbert E. Jones 38. No definite decision was made on the game, but Kirkland had the edge...
...Cecil Spring-Rice, British Ambassador to the U. S.: He cajoled, intrigued, did much to make the U. S. hate, fear and finally fight Germany...
...only one in ten is under medical care." Last year 57,000 new cases of syphilis were reported to Dr. Rice's office. But he believes at least 118,000 new cases were contracted in the metropolis. He asked the Board of Estimate for $254,000 to fight venereal disease this year. The Board gave him $151,000. Last week the Works Progress Administration added 100,000 Federal dollars to New York City's venereal disease kitty...
...head, second-in-command when his famed father is there, chief executive officer when his father is absent, which is about five months of the year. Slight, baldish, Mario Giannini is at 41 a veteran of one of the classic wars of U. S. financial history-the long Depression fight in which old Amadeo Giannini lost, then regained control of Transamerica Corp., owner of Bank of America. Son Mario has a severe Latin countenance, a subtle, acute intelligence, keeps his fingers on every phase of his big bank's operations. Among his associates he is liked and admired...
...institutions can duplicate. It jumped into the personal loan business. It stressed little commercial loans to little businessmen. It played ball with the Administration, was the first big Manhattan bank to accept RFC money. Its $230,000,000 of Governments consist almost entirely of long-term issues. Other banks fight for low-yield, short maturities every time an issue is offered, but for five years Manufacturers has preferred the higher returns to be had on Governments due in ten years or more. And in explaining his unorthodox policy to stockholders last week President Gibson declared...