Word: licked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Corbett, onetime (1892-97) world's heavyweight boxing champion; of cancer of the liver; at Bayside. L. I. A clever disdainful boxer, he knocked out John L. Sullivan in 21 rounds in New Orleans, after politely contradicting, in a Chicago saloon, Sullivan's famed boast: "I can lick any son of a in the world." After losing the title to Bob Fitzsimmons, trying unsuccessfully to win it back in two fights against his onetime sparring partner, Jim Jeffries, he earned a living by acting (Gentleman Jack, After Dark: or Neither Maid, Wife, nor Widow), owning a Manhattan restaurant...
...analysis and the minor satellites of anarchism, syndicalism, and guild socialism, Economics 7c goes on to consider tactics and concludes with a hasty survey of the economic problems involved in the creation and maintenance of any alternative system to capitalism. The result is necessarily superficial, reminiscent of the proverbial lick and a promise...
After his 1930 re-election Governor Roosevelt got out and humped himself for the national nomination. Typical were his activities during June 1931: 1) attendance at the Governors' Conference at French Lick, Ind. where he worked into a non-partisan speech a full-length campaign platform which stole the headlines; 2) a stop-over in Ohio, "Mother of Presidents," to see Governor White, James Middleton Cox and the local Democratic bosses; 3) a trip to Manchester, Mass, to call on Col. Edward Mandell House whose support he enlisted. In July he appeared at the Charlottesville (Va.) Institute of Public...
...infectious a week before any symptoms appear. As its illness (always fatal to the dog) comes on, it will first seem melancholy, extra affectionate, sexually excited, or uneasy and inclined to seek solitude. It is apt to gather up straw, thread, bits of wood and trash. It will lick cold objects and other animals, but not be disposed to bite. There is no dread of water at any time. "Hydro-phobia" is a misnomer. The dog will drink as long as it can, until constriction of the throat sets in. The second stage of rabies is mania or nervous excitement...
...reform, did not try the voter but worked through the law courts. Reforms must come through the top to be effective, and the surest method is to strike at Tammany's purse. Hence the bankers can at last make the tiger toe the line; and willy nilly he must lick the hand that feeds him or he will not be fed. Only when the future sees present debts paid off will he be able to stalk through the streets with his wonted arrogance...