Word: hack
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...straw in the wind, it vindicates the optimism raised by President Conant's report; but the era of impersonal education, hack teaching, and crowded classrooms demands a greater reform than the reorganization of a single department...
...anecdote which goes far towards expressing the West, and which is interesting for itself. Though Eastern readers may have difficulty in believing everything they see on these pages, the truth of practically all can be substantiated. Finally, Gene Fowler is a writer as high above the usual biography hack as his Timber Line is above the East Boston mud flats; whatever your interests, whatever your previous knowledge of the characters, "Timber Line" will satisfy...
...found its mark. The Chancellor of Imperial Germany, a gentle, weak, and honest man, explained to the Reichstag that the nation had her back to the wall and could think of only one thing--how to back her way through. The German General Staff had long planned where to hack and the tearing of a scrap of paper resounded in every country of the world...
...this season has been their pitching staff, led by fat Freddie Fitzsimmons, 21 -year-old Hal Schumacher, lean left-handed Carl Hubbell. Roy Parmelee, who performed brilliantly earlier in the season, recently lost control. His wild pitches broke the wrists of Boston Outfielder Randy Moore and Chicago Infielder Stanley Hack. A harder hitting team and, man for man, more impressive on the strength of batting and fielding averages, the Senators this year developed a crack centre fielder, Fred Schulte, to replace Sam West whom Owner Clark Griffith surprisingly traded last spring. Their young first baseman, Joe Kuhel, is a hard...
...horse's suit runs out on the stage with Magnolia's dinner pail, a feedbag full of oats. Broadway Joe takes the bag, pats the midget, blandly remarking: "That's her son. This is her fodder." Assisted by uncouth Dave Chasen, Mr. Cook finally removes his hack and horse from the stage. Messrs. Cook & Chasen have provided themselves with trainmen's caps. They pour coal into Magnolia's flank. She lights up, chuffs smoke through her nostrils, trembles from flashing fire box to cowcatcher, and finally roars metallically into the wings. Past master of absurdity...