Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Secretary Hore-Belisha hurriedly dumped the case in the lap of the Prime Minister, who advised action by Britain's Attorney-General, Sir Donald Somervell. Early last week the Attorney-General informed Sandys that unless he revealed the source of his information, the Official Secrets Act would be applied, making him liable to a two-year prison sentence. Sandys refused. The Army Council then created a three-man board of inquiry, headed by General Sir Edmund Ironside, governor and commander-in-chief of Gibraltar, which promptly summoned the M. P. to appear for trial...
...tides. 2) waves. 3) ripples. Speculators try to ride the tides, sometimes duck in & out of the big waves; only the reckless try to profit by the day-to-day ripples. To judge whether the tide is ebbing or flowing, an observer watches the height to which successive waves lap on the beach; if the tide has been coming in, and the waves fall shorter & shorter. he suspects the tide has changed. Dow Theorists indeed watch two beaches, note the waves of both industrials and rails, do not act until one confirms the other...
Afraid to forge ahead without Russia and thus leave her legally free to continue Soviet aid to the Leftists, Chamberlain's mouthpiece, the Earl of Plymouth, subcommittee chairman, dumped the plan back in the Prime Minister's lap and postponed the session until this week. Meanwhile, Mr. Chamberlain will try not very hopefully to win Moscow's acceptance...
When J. P. Morgan was called to testify at the famed Pecora investigation of 1933, a midget suddenly perched on his lap, embarrassing the famed banker mightily but making the whole proceeding so ludicrous that public opinion swung to the Morgan side. Last week when Banker Morgan and his son, Junius Spencer Morgan, went to the SEC offices in Manhattan to tell what they knew of the Richard Whitney case, the only embarrassment was the blinding flicker of photographers' bulbs. Eyes closed in resignation, J. P. Morgan took the stand for half an hour. Respectfully treated by SEC Lawyer...
...taking the mile race in 4 min., 18.2 sec., ahead of his teammate Gene Clark, inspired Northrop returned for the half. Congdon of Yale was never a threat to Harvard's leader in this distance, for the Blue ace was left far behind when Northrop started sprinting the last lap to break both the meet and Harvard records with 1 min., 52.3 seconds...