Word: shook
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Then he hopped back up on the bench, put on his glasses again and as Judge Jeffries gave his ruling: "Counsel's motion is granted. Case dismissed." Lawyer Jeffries shook hands with Judge Jeffries...
...best jumper in the U. S. and that he would have ample time to improve. Twice this winter he has broken his own record: at the Millrose games last month, with a jump of 6 ft. 7⅜ in., which was questioned when the bar fell because a friend shook the track running up to congratulate him; and last fortnight at the Boston A. A. meet, with a jump of 6 ft. 8½ in., a new world's record indoors and but. To see whether Spitz could officially jump 6:9, as he has often done in practice...
...puck that is proving a decisive factor both on defense and offense, took part in three of Harvard's scoring sallies. Saltonstall, who despite his willingness to mix things up and the possession of a powerful shot, has had difficulty in capitalizing his scoring opportunities this season, shook off his jinx and saw his shot nestle in Dartmouth strings on two occasions. The second Saltonstall goal finished off the scoring of the game and was achieved on a solo invasion...
...Hari Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, held on with both hands last week as his throne shook. Rich Kashmir, sometimes called "a paradise on earth," has a population of 3,300,000, of whom 80% are Moslems. But Sir Hari is a Hindu who holds his job through the good offices of Great Britain. Last week, while Britain was busy in the south, 12,000 Moslems streamed out of the Punjab, started north toward Srinagar with the object of dethroning Sir Hari and completing a solid block of Moslem states from Egypt to Central Asia. Near Rajaori, just...
...volcanoes Acatenango and Fuego perch not far from Guatemala City and wait for a catastrophe. Twice earthquakes have destroyed the city; each time Acatenango and Fuego have picked it clean. The old capital of Antigua Guatemala has its skeletons of whitened ruins. Last week a series of earthquakes shook the country. Panes rattled, pictures fell, walls cracked. Guatemalans, remembering the destruction of their capital in 1918, fell on their knees and prayed. The shocks continued, grew more violent. The two volcanoes reared their heads. Fire, ashes, lava spouted from their mouths, peasants shivered at the sound of their abdominal rumblings...