Word: lapse
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"There is one thing our peoples-yours and mine-have in common: freedom is the air we breathe, freedom is in our blood and bones: the independence of the human spirit. But we are so used to it that if we ever think of it at all, we think it...
There is no obligation on the King or Queen to take any journalists on their laps or invite them to pull up chairs and shoot olive pits with them."
As usual when the golden tide laps high on U. S. shores, reporters went to see Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau. As usual, he pooh-poohed the idea of inflation. But though he said the gold was not affecting U. S. economy, it was amply clear that the continued European...
Borican led the pack through the half in an incredible 1153.2. Then Glenn Cunningham went out after him. At the end of five laps, with only the bell lap to go, Glenn was on the flying Negro's heels. Down the backstretch, Glenn put on his famous finishing sprint...
The really sensational feat of the evening was provided by Princeton's incorrigibly fast medley team. Breaking its own American and unofficial world's record for the 12 laps. Al Van de Weghe, Dick Hough, and Hank Van Oss turned in the unbelievable time of 2:51.9. It is calculated...