Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...carry New York, which is normally Republican, a Democrat has to roll up a large majority in New York City. Tammany loves neither Mr. Farley nor the New Deal, but Herbert Lehman is a popular Governor. So, although he was jeopardizing his banking business to which he earnestly wishes to return, Herbert Lehman last week went down the line for his personal friend Franklin Roosevelt, not only accepted renomination but promised if he were re-elected to serve out his full term without resigning...
...first is a hurdle equipped with rollers on the bottom so that when it is hit by a hurdler passing over it, it will roll over easily rather than offering any resistance to him. Another feature of this hurdle, which is designed to meet practice needs, is a strip of canvas which replaces the top bar. Thus any hurdler who clips it will not have his ankle skinned...
Twenty thousand Portuguese, fired as faithful Catholics by the anti-Communist exhortations of Pope Pius XI (TIME, Sept. 21 ), last week signed their names on the long roll of a petition, besought the Portuguese Government to let them form an anti-Communist civil militia to be called the Portuguese Legion...
...Finally it blew down two huge tents, put up to house a restaurant and the press. From their lounge windows Garden City's older members saw no golf at all. One match ended on the 17th green, when Goodman's putt, whacked with a midiron, failed to roll 30 ft. across the green. The other ended on the nth, when McLean was 8 up on Voigt after 29 holes...
...track-racing (high speed, visibility for crowds). Roosevelt Raceway's four-mile track has a three-quarter mile straightaway thanked by grandstands. The other three and a quarter miles, lying just beyond the straightaway, are coiled into three major loops, shaped like the profile of a Parker House roll. The track winds through 16 turns all within clear view of the grandstand crowd. Most elaborate plant of its kind in the world, the Raceway cost $1,000,000, which its first race may pay back. An enormous public address system will inform the crowd what is happening as cars...