Word: grips
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...China Proper-to Peiping and the port of Tientsin. But beyond Manchuria and Mongolia lies Russia. For several years the Soviets have been intensively penetrating China from their side. Even before last week's flareup Japan practically controlled South Manchuria up to and beyond Mukden, but the Russian grip on Mongolia was fairly complete. Russia had turned the traffic in hides, bristles, hair back toward Moscow. Business was hard hit in Japan, Tientsin was starving. There were Japanese businessmen who applauded the seizure of Mukden, therefore, not in anger at the Chinese, but in fear of Russia...
...office into the yelling mob strolled towering Warden Davis. Above the heads of the rioting convicts his face was grey and grim. They could see he was unarmed, but they also saw he was unafraid. As he shouldered his way forward the yard fell quiet. The convicts loosened their grip on the guards' throats. Quietly, clearly spoke Warden Davis: "You men get back to your cells...
...years of Depression brought "Coin" Harvey again to the fore with all his old remedies for relief. To his rococo amphitheatre rimmed around with huge signboards inscribed with his fiscal dogma, he summoned his followers, and announced: "Usury has its deadly grip on all governments. A new political party must come quickly into action or civilization itself will be lost. The people have awakened. The hour is at hand...
...sensation of this year's early season tournaments. He won the Longwood and Seabright invitation tournaments, won again at Newport last fortnight, where he beat Perry in the finals. A lanky youth who often plays in a broad white linen cap. he uses a slice serve, an Eastern grip for his smooth flat drives. Perry played brilliantly at Wimbledon, polished off his reputation in the Davis Cup matches by beating Sidney Wood and later Jean Borotra. Onetime ping-pong player, Perry learned his tennis on London public courts, considers travel the best way to improve it. In last week...
...Pont company was celebrating its centennial, the death of Eugene du Pont had left the family's holdings at their lowest ebb. Alfred brought together his cousins Senator Thomas Coleman du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont, acquired $12,000,000 worth of stock and a good grip on the company. In 1915 Senator du Pont wished to get out, sold his stock (then worth $56,000,000) to Pierre Samuel du Pont & associates. Alfred, not one of the associates, declared war. There followed a cousinly battle of giants, du Pont against du Pont for great E.I. du Pont...