Word: hand
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...weekly Yale scout was on hand, of course. He didn't have much to say, though. Just once did he speak, and that time it was only to ask Frank Ryan whether or not there was a capital "D" in Macdonald...
...sooner did the officer place a hand on his shoulder than the drink in our hero came up for the fourth time. The policeman, as a matter of routine, asked him if he had been drinking. "No," he said, "I always get sick when I see an officer...
While I have previously experienced no trouble in getting twin heifer calves bred, I now have a pair of twin purebred Jersey calves six weeks old, one male, the other female. Numerous experienced breeders advise me the female will not breed. On the other hand, about the same number of breeders say they have never experienced any difficulty in breeding the heifer when one of the twins is a male. The veterinary who attended the mother for a mild attack of milk fever says the contention, that heifer calves who have a male twin will prove to be sterile...
...file a list of track officials with the racing division on the specified date. Puzzled horsemen found Walter O'Hara still in his penthouse office, which he had reached by a military pass, were informed that Narragansett was going to open, advised to keep their horses on hand. To amuse the troopers, Mr. O'Hara good-naturedly had political airs played over the track's public address system. Loudly demanding evidence of "insurrection" to justify the martial law, the Star-Tribune sent reporters and photographers to the track in the effort to show there was none...
Interviewed early last night as he was preparing to retire for some premarathon rest, Buder, a CRIMSON editor, seemed supremely confident that he would successfully negotate the 800 miles inside of 38 hours. He will make the trip on an English-type wheel with gear-shift and hand-brakes...