Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...political joy because he had championed the nickel fare. To Lawyer Charles Evans Hughes it brought legal melancholy because he had drawn up the I. R. T. brief. On Wall Street, I. R. T. stocks dropped 20 points in about the time that it takes a subway train to rush from Manhattan to Brooklyn...
...rescued when the heroine smashes her way out of her freight-house prison with an axe and reaches him just before a cardboard locomotive trundles by. It is acted with true old-fashioned fervor by a cast which enters into the spirit of the occasion with a rush. Earl Mitchell is particularly convincing as the deep-dyed villain and whole-souled performances are contributed by John Ferguson, Helene Dumas, Ella Houghton. It is good fun if you feel like hissing, cheering and stamping your feet unrestrainedly. Next door there is a brass-railed Bowery...
...Elmer Meyer 1G. S. There was no stalling, they laced into each other with a flock of hard blows; the mix-up looked like a battle of siege guns. Meyer took the offense, and was far, ahead at the first bell; he started off the second round with a rush, but tired quickly, and was an easy target for Robinson's pounding...
Their Story. When they sailed, Fran knew what she wanted−romance, and a luxurious orgy of aristocracy, after the mediocrity of Zenith; but Sam only knew that he'd like to see the land of his ancestors, inspect the Rolls Royce and Mercedes plants; then, refreshed, rush home to work at a motor caravan idea for campers, or a residential section for Zenith that should be guiltless of Tudor castles and Swiss chateaux...
...Monday, when the market reopened, speculators were nervous−their biggest bugaboo, the Federal Reserve Board, was to meet that afternoon. The usual Monday morning rally, produced by the accumulation of buying-orders during the weekend, failed to come. Call money was renewed at 9%. The rush of selling began. The bears pressed hot on the heels of their enemy; amateur speculators took flight and fled. Pool and investment houses which had been boosting favorites acknowledged the stampede, stepped aside to let it pass. The money rate went to 14%, the highest in nine years. At the close, many industrial...