Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this particular game and I remember distinctly that McGinnity struggled with John Evers, not with Joe Tinker. Hugh Fullerton, the celebrated baseball expert, bears me out in his article "The Game that Stirred the Nation," in Liberty, July 14, 1928. He writes: "Joe Mc-Ginnity, the 'Iron Man' pitcher of the Giants, who had been coaching at first base, had seen Merkle's fatal blunder. He ran into the field and rushed at Evers. The ball was tossed to Evers just as McGinnity tackled him. McGinnity tore the ball from his hands, and while they fought, threw...
...committee prepared to disband (TIME, April 29), after a demand upon Germany for 28 billion dollars over 58 years was met by Dr. Schacht with an absolute refusal to pay more than 15 billions over 37 years. The Allies were particularly incensed by the fact that Germany's "Iron Man" made a portion of his offer conditional upon the return to the Fatherland of certain territory and colonies which she gave up by ratifying the Treaty of Versailles. Blamed by all the Allied delegates for dynamiting the committee, stubborn Dr. Schacht left Paris for a five-day visit to Berlin...
When the "Iron Man" returned toward Paris, he was met at the French frontier by three subordinates of the German delegation, bearing copies of the Young Plan. Three hours later Dr. Schacht reached Paris, and for two hours was closeted with Mr. Young. Both emerged in evident good humor. Quickly a special meeting of the Second Dawes Committee was called by Chairman Young, who rapped briskly for order and then said...
...lift. Willie Rohrer likes to stalk about it, eye it suspiciously. He creeps toward it, grasps it. Softly he snorts. He waits, sometimes five minutes, as though to catch gravity off its guard. Suddenly he yanks at and lifts it (a steel bar weighted at each end by iron discs) high above his head. Last week, he lifted successfully every weight he tried...
...spacious estate, entertained on royal scale. He is a collector of books on sports and supports the Northfield Hunt Club. From faces, Broker Eaton likes to deduce character, studies physiognomies with attentive eye. Broker Eaton and his associates (loosely referred to as the "Eaton interests") have holdings in Republic Iron & Steel, Youngstown Sheet & Tube. Inland Steel, Central Alloy Steel & Otis Steel?a steel group with an aggregate ingot capacity equal to about 70% of U. S. Steel's output...