Word: halting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Even though the experiment may never reach the high schools, it must be watched closely, for should there be the slightest indication that these lucky children were not being as well educated as they were, a halt must be called to this academic backsliding. The private schools can afford to use these faney recipes on account of the comparatively small numbers they handle, but if ever there were a time that the public schools should provide thorough education for the mass of the population...
...Boooooo!" the brokers' clerks shouted back. The Mayor's mighty jaw clamped shut. He grew red in the face and faltered in his waving. A halt in the parade brought the brokers to a stop before the stand...
When a U. S. bootlegger's airplane skidded to a halt in Nassau Harbor last week, a pale, pockmarked, frightened Cuban, Gerardo Machado y Morales, instantly demanded police protection. Nassau's big, black, pith-helmeted police ordinarily carry no firearms, but now rifles were issued to some of them and a guard posted at the Royal Victoria Hotel...
...messenger's uniform taxied along Ogden Avenue in the Chicago suburbs one afternoon last week, came to a halt at Smith's Barbecue near La Grange. Two men in a Ford sedan drove alongside the taxi...
...lead. Bill Cummings took the lead first, lost it to Fred Frame, last year's winner. Frame was eliminated when he crashed the wall (without injury). "Babe" Stapp of Los Angeles shot ahead but, hoping to increase his lead by not stopping for gas, came to a dead halt when his tank went dry a half-mile from help. Then Louis Meyer of Huntington Park, Calif., winner in 1928, swung into the lead and despite frequent stops for gasoline held it for 185 mi. until the finish. As he spun steadily around the track and no more accidents happened...