Word: gunness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...take deep joy and thank God that this article may "be considered as no more than an opening gun." FLOYD FAUST...
James Beecher (1828-86), a sailor and Civil War soldier, became a minister in Owego, N. Y. He preached in the forests of Ulster County, N. Y., in the slums of Brooklyn, had a mental breakdown. One night he quietly went to his room, placed the muzzle of his gun in his mouth, shot himself...
...credit for originality, at least. To build a movie around the institution of telephone trouble shooting, to drag in a couple of sweet love affairs, a murder, no end of fist-fights, and much mad dashing about, is fairly usual; but to wind it all up by shooting a gun which starts an earthquake which hits the lady villain on the head with a multitude of bricks and induces her to confess her sins, thereby saving the lives of all the nice people, is a stroke of sheer genius. Besides that, Jack Oakie and Spencer Tracy...
...cornered battle in which the Administration might give aid and comfort to either side provided a showdown could be pre vented. Fortnight ago here was a preliminary skirmish when the A. F. of L. Automobile Workers' Union demanded a 20% wage increase and recognition. Last week the opening gun of the battle was fired by the National Automobile Chamber of Com merce. After a two-day session in Detroit the Chamber issued a manifesto declaring that, in spite of the fact that hourly wages are as high as in 1929, that weekly earnings are 90% as high and living...
...that afternoon. Primed by a robust meal of steak and beer the night before, the Oxonians carried their shell from the boathouse; as challengers, set it in the water first; pulled off sweaters and scarfs; waited. The Cambridge boat was ready in a moment. At the crack of a gun, 16 pairs of white arms swung in unison, off to a flailing 36-beat start. Oxford edged away to a half-length lead, held it for a while. The slower stroking but more powerful Cambridge sweep-swingers pulled alongside, passed at the mile. Wide open water separated them after...