Word: panic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...burst into tears. Dr. Jani popped two of the quadruplets into incubators, sent out for two more, ordered that the infants be fed glucose water and two drops of good rye whiskey every two hours. Said he later: ''There was great excitement. . . . There was almost a panic." The newcomers were provisionally named...
...trench grave, refuse to be interred. "Maybe," guesses one of the living dead, "there's too many of us under the ground now. Maybe the earth can't stand it no more. You got to change crops sometime." As in Miracle at Verdun, this ghastly irregularity spreads panic and consternation through the high command, has repercussions far outside the war zone on Press, Church and Business. However, unlike Playwright Chlumberg, who tried to fix original responsibility for the conflict, Playwright Shaw never penetrates as high as the nation's statesmen, as deep as the nation...
Detroit's Board of Commerce which adopted the slogan "Dynamic Detroit" was mildly embarrassed when its city's panic precipitated the closing of all the banks in the U. S. in 1933. For the past two years, however, Detroit's sportsmen have cooperated with the reviving automobile industry in making the boast sound somewhat less preposterous. In addition to the best baseball team (Detroit Tigers), best professional football team (Detroit Lions) and, in the opinion of experts, the best prizefighter (Joe Louis) in the U. S., the city contains the Detroit Red Wings who were last week...
...railroad air brake before he was 23, later pioneered in electrical equipment.* Conspicuously missing from the commemorative booklet was the fact that George Westinghouse was ousted from his own company seven years before he died in 1914 at the age of 67. His company's failure during the Panic of 1907 constituted the great tragedy in George Westinghouse's prodigious career. In the subsequent reorganization he was squeezed...
...many a Congressional district, especially in the Pacific Northwest, well-organized Townsend Clubs may hold the balance of power in the next election-a power which they have freely threatened to use against Congressmen who refuse to endorse the Townsend Plan. Representative Clarence McLeod of Michigan added to the panic of his colleagues by predicting that the Townsend vote would upset election results in at least 100 districts next autumn. Representative Chester C. Bolton of Cleveland, richest House member, publicly admitted his apprehension. Senator McNary, who is up for re-election in Oregon, may have difficulty in winning this year...