Word: gunning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with the aid the once famed but now forgotten "Scientific Naval Yardstick" called for by President Hoover (TIME, May 6, et seq.), senator Robinson said: "Prolonged investigation of the subject led to the conclusion that no scientific basis exists for measuring the difference in value between large 8-inch gun cruisers and vessels carrying 6-inch guns...
...boomed the half hour after 12 o'clock noon, two crows, calm and collected, were waiting on the Thames ready to dip their oars, about a minute later the starter's gun barked and off they were, rowing a smooth beat, while a slowly drizzling rain gradually was turning into a heavier downpour. That was the start of the eighty-second Oxford-Cambridge boat race last Saturday on the historic Thames. The two crews were tied in the number of victories--there were 40 wins for each and one dead heat--and now these two historic colleges, rich in tradition...
...Main Street bystanders suddenly became uneasy when Editor Birdsall turned the corner, making his way toward the dentist and the Mayor. The Mayor was known to handle a gun as accurately as he spat tobacco juice. The bystanders' uneasiness changed to fright when he said quietly: "Well, I might as well have it out with you fellows...
...hour when all good Seniors should prepare to give the world a little time, for the world is weary. Liberal Lady Luck smiles invitingly, and old-fashioned Fate armed with a shot-gun grimly demands their intentions. There is a tide in the affairs of men. Last night when news reached New York that only thirty-two percent of the Senior class would have butter with their eggs, the bottom dropped completely out of the stock market, to be reassembled in the early morning hours by one old bull who said that it had all happened before and didn...
...bootleggers opened their talk--from the sides of their mouths--and soon came to the point when one of them produced his gun, described by the Westerner as a 32-calibre police pistol. "Ever seen one of these?" the bootlegger inquired in ominous tones...