Word: knocked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ever since a Scotch shepherd took it into his head to knock a pebble into a crevice with his crook, golfers have been eager to improve their implements. They had reason to feel pleased last week when the U. S. Golf Association, meeting in Manhattan, sanctioned two-piece golf clubs with readily mountable shafts which can be screwed out of one clubhead and into another at a moment's notice.* Brought out by Donaldson Manufacturing Co. of Glasgow, such clubs make it possible to play without a caddy, by carrying one shaft and a small container of clubheads. Practically...
...great majority on private matters for aggrieved constituents. Michigan's Senator Couzens wanted a railroad probe while Senators Capper of Kansas and Hastings of Delaware wanted short selling scrutinized. Senator McKellar of Tennessee proposed making War Hero Alvin C. York a captain. Senator Brookhart of Iowa wanted to knock out the gold standard. To make the purchaser of liquor equally guilty with the seller was the legislative ambition of Senator Sheppard of Texas. Senator Hull of Tennessee wanted to repeal tariff flexibility. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin proposed to appropriate $250,000,000 for direct unemployment relief whereas Senator...
...Every knock a boost...
When Referee Gunboat Smith had counted six, Carnera started to get up. He then sank back and rested on one knee, finally rose eight seconds after the knock down. Sharkey, maintaining his reputation for hysterical behavior in crucial moments, seized Referee Smith, screeched that he had won the fight by a knock out, then tried to jump out of the ring headfirst. His seconds persuaded him to resume the fight. For the next eleven rounds Sharkey adopted the brilliantly aggressive style which he uses when he is confident of winning, Carnera, devoid of aplomb, countered Sharkey's punches with...
Just as "investment trust buying" was a potent pushup factor in 1929, "investment trust selling" has been a big knock-down factor in many a stock recently. Last week Tri-Continental Corp., investment trust sponsored by J. & W. Seligman & Co., issued its third quarter report?one of the first major trusts to do so. At the same time Selected Industries, Inc., Tri-Continental supervised, published its showing. The investments of Tri-Continental Corp. had, on Sept. 30, a market value of 29 millions against a cost of 51 millions. The common stock had a book value of $2.84 against...