Word: shook
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...election day Brother Jim Farley lent assistance on the spot. As he went from polling place to polling place, mopping his bald dome in the unseasonable November heat, telegrams dated New York City and signed with his name were being delivered to worthy Haverstraw Democrats even as he shook hands with them. Brother Jim was "particularly anxious" to see the local Democratic candidate for the State Assembly elected. "All reports from Rockland County," said Boss Farley's message, "are most encouraging. . . . Please continue your efforts until the polls close and make results definite...
...morning coat and pin-striped trousers were some onetime residents of Kansas City who were singing Brighten the Corner Where You Are. They had expected that sooner or later Billy Sunday would walk briskly in. Nor were they surprised when Billy Sunday strode up to Jesus Christ, shook Him by the hand and said: "Jesus, thank you. I'm glad you honored me with salvation. I'm glad you honored me with the privilege of preaching your gospel. . . . Now, Jesus, I'd like to see old Aunty Griffith...
...potatoes, from lumber cut by a sawmill installed a few months ago. "I begged the President to let me plant a little cotton," said the employe of the man who has cut the South's cotton production 20%, "but he just gave me that big broad smile and shook his head. So of course I didn't raise any cotton...
...second half Kirkland came back strongly and evened the count when Wiley E. Mayne '38 broke through the right side of the line, outsprinted the secondary, and shook off the safety man to cross the line standing up after a 75-yard jaunt...
...rest of the third period the teams sawed back and forth, each one intercepting several passes. In the fourth period the Winthrop break came when Johnson shook off his trailers and crossed standing up after a 30-yard trip. The final score came in the closing minutes of the fray when Tex Kelley intercepted one of the Deacons passes and behind perfectly formed interference made the last touchdown of the afternoon...