Word: hammer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...discus and javelin seem assured the Crimson with Wahigren, Johnson, Dean, Healey and Millard as entries. On the other hand Yale will sweep the pole vault and the high jump. In the hammer Holcombe has the edge on Cahners and in the shot put the situation is reversed with Dean favored to outdistance Forman...
...night fitful fires of Ilama dung and cactus leaves lighted the little camp 13,000 feet up on the cold and terrifying wastes of the Bolivian Andes. By day the treeless wilderness rang with the blows of a crude stone hammer as a swarthy Bolivian and a handful of Indians kept themselves warm smashing rocks. In quest of the precious, bluish-white metal called tin, they found only dull reddish dirt. The Indians, craving alcohol and coca leaves, wanted to quit. One day they cracked out a few grains of tin. Later a full-fledged vein was uncovered. The Bolivian...
...Hammer Throw--Won by Paul L. Van Cleve, 3d. '37; second, Hixon (A); Third, Peterson (A), Distance 149 feet, 1 inch...
Having made what they consider a heavy contribution to Recovery, toymen are now vastly alarmed by talk of lowering their 70% tariff in possible foreign trade deals. They claim that even the present tariff is no barrier to peasant-made goods. And in defense of high protection, they hammer on the educational value of domestic toys, on U.S. diligence in making toys safe & sanitary. A modern child may safely wolf a pack of crayons, eat the paint off a set of blocks...
...room after a visit next door, he found one entire pane shattered to bits, and on the bed at the opposite side of the room, the missile in question. It was an old revolver, having a large antique value, if good for no other purpose. Stuck between the hammer and the chamber was this note: "Death tonight at the fatal hour of twelve. Your friend, the Phantom...