Word: saws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Colonel William Mitchell, under court martial (TIME, Nov. 9 et seq.) , saw hot times in court last week. It seemed that the legal machinery developed more friction than efficiency. The lawyers of the defense and the prosecution objected and objected to their opponents' course. In a goodly number of cases the prosecution was overruled, and there were persons to remark that, however able the Army's trial judge advocates might be, they had not distinguished themselves as trial lawyers...
Quoth emotional observers: "Many a dark night has passed since the great Osman, looking into a pool of blood, saw a star and the crescent moon there reflected and bethought him of a design for the Turkish flag...
...been racing against each other over a six-mile trail for the hill-and-dale intercollegiate championship of the East. All the way the rangy man (James Loucks, Syracuse) had been pressing the runner in crimson (Willard L. Tibbets, Harvard). But now, as he turned his head, Tibbets saw Loucks blow a bead of sweat from the end of his nose, lift his chin and drink a great gulp of air. Yes, in another moment Loucks would sprint. Tibbets could see the finish, the crowd around the tape. It was just too far away; if he let himself...
...continue, however. Before the Deputies had considered even half the bill in detail, it was obvious that an utter impasse had been reached. Despairing, M. Painlevé saw his measure go down by the slender margin of 275 to 278 when a vote was taken on the the much criticized Fifth Article, envisioning a virtual moratorium on the short-term Treasury bonds falling due next month (TIME...
...only got a raise of two cents an hour by the transfer; yet when my former companions saw me--with tools--a huge wrench and an oil can--my social standing was "elevated amazingly." Mr. Williams also told the story of a carpenter who went away from a humble job to a position where hours were shorter and pay higher. A fortnight later he returned. "Higher, pay?--yeah. But do you know what they wanted me to do? Bang together a bunch of boards into a ramshackle barn for a target, and one shot from a gun 14 miles...