Word: jolts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...canceled the contracts. True, the President had not canceled the contracts but Washington and the world well knew that Postmaster General Farley would never have dared to sign the cancellation without the approval of his President. ¶ Besides his airmail action the President gave U. S. businessmen another jolt that made their back teeth rattle. He sent a message recommending Congress to undertake regulation of stock and commodities exchanges, a message timed to be published along with the introduction of a drastic bill (see p. 49) designed to stop all big businessmen from trading in the stock of their companies...
...hand herself, offered to resign as Congresswoman to stand for nomination in regular primaries if her opponents would abandon their plan to hold a "citizens' election." To the Kingfish, sitting in his New Orleans hotel room surrounded by bodyguards, the news of her offer was a severe jolt...
...treaty gave them a jolt. If & when ratified, it will make wild animals almost as safe in Africa's jungle as they are in a city Zoo. The whole continent will be patched with vast game reserves and national parks. Only in restricted zones around the parks and reserves will sportsmen be allowed and here bag limits will be minute...
...mile the plane climbed, into atmosphere -34° F. At 4½ mi. Pilot Evceyef jumped. Instead of opening his 'chute, he plummeted for more than two minutes until he was only 500 ft. above the ground. Then he yanked his ripcord. Said he afterward: ''The jolt was so great that for a moment everything was dark. Then the sun shone green. I made a normal landing with my parachute [in a forest] and walked back to the airfield where they greeted me with shouts of delight because they thought I was dead." Evceyef's record...
Even to Britons long accustomed to having U. S. golfers win the British Open Championship, the finish of last week's tournament at St. Andrews was something of a jolt. Not one U. S. player but two were in first place. Moreover, they were golfers whom England had heard very little about and seen only in losing matches on the U. S. Ryder Cup team. In the U. S. their names were more familiar. One was blond Craig Wood, professional at the Hollywood Golf Club of Deal, N. J., a phlegmatic, long-driving golfer who took up the game...