Word: fouling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Over long periods the policy of the Tokyo government is to pick a strong Chinese faction?no matter which?support the said faction by fair means or foul, and exact in return commercial concessions. Japan last supported the Peking
...hers. She had been made pious at an early age and never got over it. When she married Cope Harlan, penniless professor of economics, her family disapproved but had to give in; soon it was Cope who was giving in. Cope was an agnostic; his skepticism quickly ran foul of Hilda's belief in her divine rightness. Their first serious quarrel arose over the baptism of their infant daughter; Cope refused to admit she was "conceived in sin," objected to the promises her baptismal sponsors would have to make, their own hypocrisy in making them. Finally Hilda forced...
...Carver went to second in his place and Bassett moved up to the lead-off position in the batting order. Wood and Ticknor also swapped places in the lineup. Ticknor replacing Wood in the clean-up position. Batchelder suffered a fractured finger in the seventh inning when a foul tip caught him on the index finger and he had to retire. HARVARD ab r h po a e Bassett, r.f. 5 2 2 1 0 0 Nugent, s.s. 5 1 3 3 1 0 McGrath, c.f. 5 1 1 1 0 0 Ticknor...
...issue of Government v. private operation of a public utility. Though the production of nitrate as a fertilizer is a big consideration, the plant's 612,000 horse power is the nub of the controversy. For ten years private power companies have been combatting by fair means and foul, the policy of Government operation...
...Scott, chasing him around the ring. For a round Scott boxed nicely. In the third round Sharkey, overanxious and savagely aggressive, swung a left hook which landed on Scott's hip, below the belt. The Englishman slid quickly to the floor, screwed up his face, claimed a foul. Referee Lou Magnolia ordered Sharkey to his corner, helped Scott up and examined him. Because Scott has claimed fouls in eight previous fights it was more or less taken for granted that he would try it in this one. Before the fight, as evidence of good faith, Scott's manager...