Word: hurt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chicago, dismissing the complaint of Fruiterer Allen Brill that Customer A. E. Banks had hit him on the head with twelve melons. Judge Sbarbaro ruled: "If the melons had been good, they would have hurt. Since they didn't hurt, they must have been bad. And since they were bad, the customer had a right to be angry...
...enthusiasm is saved for the Kentucky State Society. He neither smokes nor drinks, does not go in for energetic sports. He drives his own Buick fast, once had a bad smash on a slippery road in West Virginia. In 1928 he bravely campaigned for the Brown Derby though it hurt his political standing. In 1930 he visited Russia, returning with the warning that the U. S. had much to unlearn about the Soviet. Early this year he silenced a "favorite son" boom in his own behalf by declaring for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His reward was being made temporary chairman...
...Long ordered 100 highway police to stop tax-dodgers from smuggling gasoline and cigarets into the State, warned them not to molest liquor 'leggers. Soft drinks, life insurance premiums, electricity and corporate capitalization are also heavily taxed. Enemies of Huey Long vehemently declare that his tax program has definitely hurt Louisiana business, driven new industries from the State...
...political effects of the Walker case on the presidential campaign remained a matter of public guesswork and individual speculation. The most widely held view was that developments had hurt Governor Roosevelt and helped President Hoover. The Mayor's resignation had deprived the Governor of a spectacular chance to remove him and thereby win support outside New York as the honest foe of Tammany Hall. Yet Tammany's bitterness toward the Governor was as intense as if he had actually ousted its favorite. The Democratic nominee had lost in New York City without a compensating gain elsewhere. A Walker...
...leading female role on tour; Daughter Dorothy, as costar, has the role in Manhattan. Her husband, Charles Collins, has a prominent part. Comedian Stone saves most of his funny remarks for a scene in which he does an imitation of Will Rogers. (Four years ago when Comedian Stone was hurt in an airplane crash, Funnyman Rogers took his place in Three Cheers.) Except for that scene and his one good song ("There's a Bluebird in My Window and a Landlord at My Door") Fred Stone spends most of his time offstage...