Word: irone
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Radcliffe "yard," which has hitherto been open to the world on all sides, with only a gate here and there by which the stranger may know that he is entering Radcliffe, will be completely surrounded next fall by an iron grill fence, money for which the alumnae fund has already on hand...
...story is of an iron-willed woman who has reached the pinnacle of commercial success, but who in doing so has, to outward appearances, allowed the milk of human kindness to curdle. Her son she considers a weakling, and she is on the verge of making her daughter an automaton, trained to carry on the Green tradition of close-fisted, hard-hearted dealings. It happens that the son redeems himself, and the young girl's dormant emotions are awkened by the agency of Mr. James Hall, who, incidentally, turned in a rather flabby performance...
...into such a perfect chain that he was selling them not only their liquor supplies but everything down to ginger ale and table linen. So Chicagoans were not excited last week when Mayor Anton J. Cermak abruptly ousted Commissioner John Alcock and appointed in his place Captain James P. ("Iron Man" ) Allman. Mayor Cermak called his City Council into special session to whip through the appointment, had the new commissioner sworn in immediately, ordered him to crusade at once against organized crime. The new commissioner laconically remarked: "I'm not tickled to death with this job." Last of loud...
...head of the city's 6,500 policemen. Oldtime newshawks used to say: "If there's an honest cop in this town, it's Allman." Tall, lean, grey, he is 56, has been a policeman 31 years, a captain since 1917. He is called "Iron Man" because of a legend that he never smiles, is an excellent marksman with his pistol. A student of criminology, he is brainier than most policemen. No less honest, if not so brainy, is his chief aide. Captain Shoemaker. Students of Chicago crime predicted that Commissioner Allman would not attempt to eliminate...
...distance record. They did fly as far as Spokane but turned back to Wenatchee "because we liked the looks of it better." With Pangborn at the controls they circled the field three times, dumped the last of their gasoline and glided down. The ship landed on its iron belly, slid along in a cloud of dust, tipped up on its nose. The propeller snapped but the plane settled back with a thud...