Word: pound
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile, on the Rensselaer campus, Robert G. Baumann, 160-pound captain of the college football team and president of the Student Union, briskly assembled his associates and their penny plunder, organized the Taxcentinels. Purpose of the stunt, explained Baumann, was to protest against "hidden taxes." The Taxcentinels signed a pledge "to help fight the growth of taxes which now consume 25? out of every dollar spent by the average person . . . [by paying] one-quarter of the price of all purchases in pennies, in order to dramatize this situation...
...oldtime religion. John O. Mullins, of Wesley, Iowa offered 100 bushels of seed corn free to farmers who would undertake to plant it on "God's acres," give the crop to God's uses. Worth $700, the seed corn would be distributed in 7-pound packages, each of which would plant one acre, produce 50 bushels-at 75? per bushel, a total of some...
...William S. Hart, aging patriarch of the Westerns, slid wearily from the saddle more than a decade ago, Buck Jones (real name: Charles Gebhart) already had a leg up on his larruping, law-&-order cinema career. Still riding like a Centaur after 20 years in pictures, 6-foot, 175-pound, 48-year-old Buck Jones roams a wider cinema range than did Bill Hart, sometimes puffs breakfast cereals over the radio. Last year Buck Jones earned as much as $7,500 a week, took in about $300,000 all told. Whenever a Buck Jones picture goes...
...Francisco, Mrs. Tessie Chronis called an ambulance, announced she had appendicitis, had been in pain for several days. Rushed to Park Emergency Hospital, she gave birth to a seven-pound daughter...
Hank Riecken, a big 200-pound Junior, is holding down the goalie position for the second year, with Jerry Cook pressing him hard. At the points Ralph Livingston, a veteran, and Sophomore Norm Blotner are the leading candidates. Blotner is a rugged ten second man who did well as a Freshman and seems to be headed for a great season this year. Ben Wilcox and Dick Lewis are other possibilities here...