Word: jawing
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...tariff wall around the Empire, one effect of which would have been that the Mother Country would have saved the Canadian situation by buying most of Canada's wheat. Devoutly may U. S. farmers give thanks that Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden set his little steel-trap jaw against this proposal, forced Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald to kill it. It was contrary to Mr. Snowden's faith in free trade, a faith which he holds with fierce, fanatical tenacity. It would have been a staggering blow to the already groggy U. S. Grain Stabilization Corp...
...made a star. Looking younger than his age (43) he earns about $5,000 per week, takes a swim every day, has a mild aptitude for humorous anecdotes which he acts out gravely as he goes along. Last spring he was implicated in a charge of breaking the jaw of one Rutger Bleecker Jr. It was rumored that when patrons of a roadhouse were praising Bancroft, Bleecker, small but unabashed, strode to his table, said: "Personally, I think you're lousy." The case was dismissed...
...rounds and the reporter broadcasting at the ringside made the obvious comment that both men were getting set for a long fight. Suddenly something happened. Singer reached for Canzoneri with a left jab-reached a little too far. Canzoneri shot his own left over, jarring -the champion's jaw. The punch was not particularly hard, but it flustered Singer. He stepped back to get his bearings, then launched the flurry of punches any fighter turns loose when he has been hurt, to show that he has not been hurt. Canzoneri ducked, swung a right and then a short, lightning...
Behemoth has been laid low by the jaw bone of an ass. Two days ago the Democrats rode to victory over the Republicans on the issues of prohibition and the business depression. They were good talking points. The triumph carries with it great significance: The people may not have proved a Democratic supremacy in the Senate, but they have voiced dissatisfaction with President Hoover and they have launched a preliminary attack on the eighteenth amendment...
...appearance he is short, well-built, with a square jaw, a high forehead below a shock of grey hair. In his eyes is a droopy woebegone expression. His smile is wry, tired. He dresses in dark unfashionable clothes. He is an easy, clear, impressive, frequent speaker, handling himself well in debate. Without oratorical tricks, his attack is sometimes brutal, sometimes adroitly sarcastic. He rather prides himself on his burlesque humor...