Word: peg
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...they had been intimidated by the racketeers. "What do they think I am going to do, fold up the county and hand it over to them?" angrily demanded Attorney Foley. "If I get an even break, I am going to put everybody involved in jail!" Seeking a case to peg a general assault on the whole corrupt kosher poultry racket, Attorney Foley clapped his fright- ened witnesses in prison, set their bail at $25,000 apiece. When two days later, an unknown benefactor turned up with their bond, the partners became thoroughly alarmed. "We don't want...
...belief is that man's upright posture conditions the growth of Pacchionian granulations. The growths frequently erode, in one direction through the dura mater and into the skull, in the other direction through the pia mater to the brain itself. Their final effect often is to peg the brain to the skull...
...were at dinner and outside the clogs started howling, Peg and her pup Punch: they wouldn't stop, wouldn't quiet down. Suddenly the table heaved and things started falling off the walls onto the floor: the lights dimmed, and The March of TIME went off the air. Frightened, my mother looked at me and stuttered: "Earthquake...
Woman's Shaving Tackle. Not forgetting its pedestrian readers the Guardian reported: "The most striking exhibit, from the hiker's point of view, is an 'ultra-lightweight week-end kit,' comprising rucksack, sleeping-bag, tent, a four-peg coat-hanger, a petrol-stove, frypan, water-bucket, a plate, cup, receptacles for food and drink, knife, spoon and fork, and electric torch, a pair of shoes, a tent pole, swimming suit, complete change of clothes, towels, soap, facecloth, shaving tackle, and toothbrush, the whole weighing slightly over ten and a half pounds...
Together with the Pit's slump, wheat tumbled in Winnipeg. Canadian prices have long been pegged at around 50?, a price which because of the depreciation in the Canadian dollar gives Canadian wheat an advantage in the world markets. Last week when the slump in Chicago narrowed the margin of advantage the Winnipeg peg was pulled. In a short time December wheat was selling at 47⅝? in Canadian currency, giving it a 2⅜? advantage over U. S. wheat. How this advantage works is seen in the September export figures. During the month Canada exported...