Word: pass
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lawrence Wood ("Chip") Robert Jr., secretary-treasurer of the National Democratic Executive Committee, commented on the nomination of W. Lee ("Pass the Biscuits") O'Daniel, radio flour salesman, for Governor of Texas: "He is a real man and he knows what he is doing. . . . He is my kind of a Democrat...
...rambunctious War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha made a heavy dent in the money barrier which for generations has kept sons of Britain's lower orders from becoming brigadiers. His Majesty's Government announced that Sandhurst and Woolwich scholarships would be available to every candidate able to pass the tests; furthermore, special grants of ?20 a year would be made to impoverished subalterns. This was capped with a new system of speeding the promotions of young officers, speeding the retirement of elderly officers. Mr. Hore-Belisha crowed: "These new measures insure that an army career throughout its various stages...
...grief of all these gentlemen, did Flour Salesman Wilbert Lee O'Daniel of Fort Worth (TIME, July 25). At Kilgore, on the night before primary day, Candidate O'Daniel struck up his hillbilly band, introduced Children Pat, Molly & Mike, who sang "Please Pass the Biscuits, Pappy," declaimed: "It's going to be the handwriting on the wall for these professional politicians...
...seconds later acrobatic Flight Lieutenant Abadia, who once was suspended from the air service for "imprudent flying," decided to finish off with a super-spectacular dive ending in a "half roll" swoop between the two grandstands, barely far enough apart for his plane to have room to pass between. Crash-one wingtip hit the Diplomatic Stand. CRASH -the plane rebounded against the Presidential Stand, burst into flame and sprayed burning gasoline as its propeller slashed human flesh. The whole flaming mass crunched down upon spectators between the stands, slithered 65 feet...
...single geographically integrated system. Most commentators have expected that whatever company Bill Douglas chose to chop up first would ap peal the "death sentence" to the Supreme Court. Here, Bill Douglas was smart - he picked $303,813,000 Utilities Power & Light, which is already in 776 receivership. SEC must pass on such reorganizations anyway. Last week, Chairman Douglas jubilantly called newshawks to his office, announced that it would be unfair to U. P. & L. stockholders to "pull them out of reorganization on the normal basis of a fair plan and then bump them again with an order under Section...