Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Walter Ferguson, Sterling supporter, declared his brother Jim was "no more interested in the common people than a hog in rock pile." On primary day some 900,000 Texas Democrats, deeply stirred by the campaign, went to the polls, cast a record vote which nominated Candidate Sterling by a majority of almost 100,000. The entire big-city press of Texas agreed with him when he claimed his victory was a "triumph of good government" and the end of "Fergusonism." Nominee Sterling, sure of election, will have perfunctory opposition in November from Dr. Charles Butte, Republican gubernatorial nominee. Born poor...
...party of Norwegian scientists from the sealer Brattvaag put ashore on desolate White Island northeast of Spitsbergen three weeks ago. About 150 yards from shore they rounded a big rock, stopped, stared with amazement at a litter of cooking utensils laid bare of ice by the August sun. The same question sprang to the mind of each, the same name to all their lips: "Andr?...
...Smithish" in 1928 when he was the party's vice-presidential nominee, too "Hooverish" in 1930 when he was a U. S. delegate to the London Naval Conference. These mixed charges balanced each other nicely and Senator Robinson secured renomination (tantamount to reelection) over Tom W. Campbell, Little Rock attorney, in a 3-to-1 victory...
...orange monoplane last week swooped down on the coal-mining district around Providence, Webster County, Ky. and dropped nine crude dynamite bombs. Five exploded, cast columns of rock and dirt in the air, did no other damage...
...Philip, Geoffrey, James, Robert-all about the same size, closely resembling each other, ranked at 26 goals, were on hand to see and lend color to the summer's events. At Sands Point, and on the spacious turf overlooked by the stone terrace and colonial portico of Piping Rock Club (see map, p. 25), test matches between candidates for the U. S. team went on with much earnestness. People watching from cars parked along the sideboards were increasingly numerous and interested. The matches with England, to be played at Meadow Brook-climax not only of this season...