Word: rooted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pitcher Root had been ordered not to pass, arrived at the plate with three big bats over his shoulder...
...first ball was a strike. The crowd squealed happily. Fat and cocky, Ruth faced the grandstand and held up one finger. After throwing two balls. Pitcher Root got over another strike. This time the players in the Cubs' dugout peered and chuckled. Still cocky, Ruth held up two fingers. The next pitch broke over the corner of the plate. Ruth swung at it. There was a crack. Centerfielder Johnny Moore started to run; then he stood still and watched the ball, a dwindling white spot against the blue sky, clear the ware fence and drop 436 ft. from the plate...
Last July the National Economy League was created with Admiral Byrd for temporary chairman. On its advisory committee are Calvin Coolidge, Alfred Emanuel Smith, Newton Diehl Baker, Elihu Root, General Pershing. Admiral Sims. Its broad mission is to force reductions in all governmental expenditures. Its immediate objective is to cut veterans' appropriations. Lobbyist Taylor last month spotted N. E. L. as a real foe, urged "thorough and complete organization if we are to be successful in the future...
...presence of two testicular hormones. In a benzene solution an extract prepared from the gonads produces the well-known hormone which is responsible for the development and maintenance of the secondary male sex characteristics (beard, voice, chest hair, etc. etc.). It is called "androtin" from the Greek root andros (man). Dr. McCullagh made a water solution of the same extract, found it acted directly upon the pituitary gland (which androtin does not), and so concluded that he had found a new hormone. He called it "inhibin," from the Latin verb inhibere (to restrain...
...turning out about half of its pre-Prohibition yearly output of 1,600,000 bbl. The company is ready to spend some $7,000,000 for material and extensions. One of its major needs would be 3,000 new delivery trucks. Pabst Corp. in Milwaukee has branched into cheeses, root beer, canned artichokes. President Fred Pabst last week estimated that if beer is legalized his company will spend $5,000,000 the first year, including $1,000,000 for cases, $875,000 for bottles...