Word: pinching
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Feeling the pinch of Recession, the automobile industry has had to pare production schedules, shorten hours. Fisher Body employes in many cases have been working only 24 hours per week, and when layoffs began the shop was apparently ripe for revolt. One strike early in the week was quickly discontinued, but the suspension of four of its leaders immediately brought on another outbreak. In Lansing, Fisher Body workers reached the point of taking a strike vote but direct pressure from U. A. W. President Homer Martin helped kill the move. Adding to the workers' discontent have been the grinding...
REGARDING YOUR PIECE ON RUSSIA TIME, SEPT. 27: FAMED NEW YORK TIMES REQUIRES NO "WRITE UPS" TO SUPPORT THE NO. 1 U. S. NEWSPAPER'S REPUTATION. TIMES'S NEWSHAWKS DENNY AND DURANTY ARE ON EQUAL FOOTING. DENNY MOSCOW CORRESPONDENT SINCE 1934; DURANTY 1921 TO 1934, LATER PINCH-HITTING WHEN DENNY ABSENT, EYE-WITNESSING, VACATIONING, FRONT PAGING. TIME'S OPINION DENNY "CAREFUL, FRANK." COLUMNIST BROUN'S OPINION DURANTY "EDITORIALIGHT DISGUISED AS NEWS-HAWK." DURANTY OPINION DURANTY "FACTSEEKER BEHIND FACTS." DURANTY OPINION TIME "ACE PUNGENT NEWS-PEPPER, NOW ACCUSED RE-MISSWARD SALT OF TRUTH...
...Deal" with Mussolini and next placed the Royal Navy on a $525,000,000 Rearmament footing, last week showed King George and Queen Elizabeth the new type gas mask of which 45,000,000 are being provided. It encloses both nose and mouth, is fairly comfortable. His Majesty, pinching his own nose together jocularly with his fingers, spoke of how the World War type of mask used to pinch noses. "He spoke while demonstrating," reported an attendant, "and the strong nasal tones emitted rocked the royal party with laughter...
Russell gained his first major game experience against Princeton last fall, pinch-hitting for Bobby Jones who was out with an injury. But a starting role against Princeton this Saturday is by no means assured him, and the chief obstacle in his way is his classmate, Rick Hedblom. Ever since their Freshman year, these two have been fighting it out at the trigger post. Russell has had the edge thus far in their careers but while he was benched this season, his rival has been storing up some valuable experience and acquitting himself well whenever given the opportunity. In fact...
Leggett was inclined to treat the article as absurd. "Strong arms beat that drum," he said, "and they beat it in a business like manner." He inferred that no little drum could possibly pinch hit for his real McCoy...