Word: pit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bloke who complains can dig it himself," he answered. "Those Government bastards talk a lot-but I notice they don't come near the bloody pit face. Scared maybe...
...pulpit" stood Quotation Recorder Bill Poulden watching the clock. At 9:30, as the grain pits were opening in Chicago and Minneapolis, Poulden rang the gong and the pit burst into a bedlam of shouting and arm-waving...
...Goes Grain. Tall, aggressive John McDowell, Manitoba legislator-farmer who had campaigned for ending controls and reopening the Exchange, shouted down the rest with his stentorian "Ninety-five for May oats." (The ceiling had been 65? a bushel.) Across the pit a hopped-up trader with right fist up, knuckles outward, all fingers clenched (indicating no fractions) shrieked: "Sold!" A boy chalked the quotation on the board. In a few moments, barley opened at $1.25 (May delivery), up 32? from a 93? ceiling...
...Goes Meat. The shouts in the pit sent echoes across the prairies. Many farmers were angry because ceilings were lifted after most of their harvest had been sold. Others who had gambled on the lifting of ceilings and withheld their crop were sitting pretty, with paper profits of 20? to 35? a bushel...
This ultimate pit of carnival-life degradation fascinates shrewd, up & coming young Stan Carlisle (Tyrone Power), but it takes Stan nearly two hours' playing time to learn that in spite of all his talents he was born to be a Geek. Stan is one of the most wholehearted and resourceful heels yet to leave a print on the U.S. screen. He climbs a ladder made of ladies. Rung No. 1 is Zeena (Joan Blondell), the midway's mentalist. He plays cozy with her just long enough to swipe a pseudo-telepathic formula through which he can graduate...