Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...morning the cabinet had had a sitting, and then at the lunch hour the Premier had rushed off to call on the Governor General, Lord Byng. All afternoon there was another session of the Cabinet. And the evening saw still a third session-a very rare event indeed at Ottawa-lasting until just ten minutes before Premier William Lyon Mackenzie King had to rush to catch his train. Naturally he was tired...
...trek of ambitious realtors, promoters, sure-fire salesmen and other energetic persons to Florida resembles the Yukon rush, except that it is being made despite heat rather than cold. Advertisements of golden opportunities in Florida land appear everywhere throughout the country. The entire country is speculating upon it. Enthusiasm waxes hottest in Miami, where brokers exhaust voices and nerves from 7:30 a. m. to 12 p. m. daily...
...tariff, like one's elbow, appears to flex but one way and that way is upward. Consequently, the flexible tariff is a subject that provokes the flexible laughter of its critics. Why this lopsided situation? . . . The Tariff Commission is like a dentist's office, to which people rush only when they have a pain or an ache...
...crowd protested and the official's bodyguard attempted to disperse them. In the melée which followed the frog was dropped, the jar shattered, frog ground to jelly. Infuriated, the mob attempted to rush the guard, belaboring them with fists, sticks and feet. The military official, immobile of face, ordered his men to fire. Eight Chinese fell dead, one a priest...
...slight son, unruffled by high winds, undismayed by sodden turf, continued ticking off pars, eliminated Rolfe, then Fred Lamprecht (intercollegiate champion). In the final, the Cummings-conqucring Martin had Carter in hand for 18 holes, no more. Three down as he munched his lunch, Carter recovered with a rush, won the title...