Word: knit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Habitual loafers on Boston Common know enough not to be alarmed by anything that happens in that calm and curious little park. Last week, however, they were mildly surprised to see a collection of 100 or so women congregate, sit down on camp chairs and start furiously to knit. The knitting turned out to be part of Boston's tercentenary celebration and it commemorated a spinning contest held there 182 years ago which ended in a riot when some 600 Boston husbands took exception to the distribution of prizes. Last week, loafers on the Common waited hopefully...
...that meant that the company was pensioning him off, Mr. Pratt must have had his tongue in his cheek. The Pratt family's interest in Socony is exceeded only by that of the Rockefellers, Harknesses and Whitneys. And the Pratt family is a close-knit unit. On a 1,000-acre tract in lush Glen Cove, L. I. are seven Pratt houses-four occupied by Brothers Herbert, Charles, Harold and Frederic, another by the widow of Brother John, onetime Congresswoman Ruth Baker Pratt. In the centre of their communal estate are their stables and dairy barns, an institutional layout...
...Abilene last week knew that their only chance for life was to beat the greyhounds to the burlap at the far end of the field. Each rump-bobbing rabbit raced 150 yd. over the greensward before a brace of dogs leaped in pursuit. One dog wore a red knit collar, the other a white. From a tower the judge watched sharply to see which dog took the lead at the start, which turned the rabbit at a right angle, which made the kill. He raised a red or white flag to name the winner, doffed his hat to indicate...
...House Chaplain sonorously wound up his opening prayer one forenoon last week, a small frown knit the bushy brows of Speaker Joseph Wellington Byrns. The House was being criticized for its slow legislative pace-and somehow he was being held responsible (TIME, April 22). He realized that a crisis was at hand, for two spiced goblets threatened his legislative program: 1) the baseball season was scheduled to open that afternoon in Washington, and 2) members were agitating for a three-day recess over Good Friday...
...close-knit organization like the parent company in Louisiana. For Huey Long has, practically speaking, no personal friends in official Washington. He used to go out sometimes with Senator Wheeler until Senator Wheeler decided he had better keep to quieter company. Although he is on speaking terms with every Senator, there are few members who relish talking to him. He has openly threatened to campaign in the next election against Senators Robinson, Harrison and Bailey. As a whole the Senate dislikes and fears...