Word: shuts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some 66% of all bituminous coal was produced by Union miners and 33% by the non-Union fields. Today I am informed about 70% of all bituminous coal is produced in the non-Union fields and only about 30% in the Unionized fields; that large Union operations are entirely shut down and that more than 200,000 Union miners are out of regular employment. There is no escaping from the meaning of these facts. The Unionized mines cannot survive under the scale of wages attempted to be imposed upon them and the non-Union operators are taking the business...
...business. At present, 'the soft-coal industry has a wage agreement that does not expire until the spring of 1927 (the Jacksonville Agreement, made last year). Because of competition from non-Union fields with lower wages, most of the Unionized soft-coal mines have had to shut clown...
...forward Pullman, in which Daniels was seated, left the rails, bumped up beside the locomotive. Clouds of searing steam, pouring from the boiler, hissed through the car's open door. Daniels plunged through the scalding vapor to shut the door. He was alive when rescuers entered. Taken outside, he refused first aid. "Fix that little girl first," said he. Doctors obeyed, returned to find Daniels dead...
...scientific" jargon, consisting chiefly of proper names that Writer Snaith looked up in some book or read in the newspapers. One is repeatedly told that the badinage is entirely "point-device." Writer Snaith patches his wretched English with motley tatters of French. But the thrill's the thing; shut your eyes and you will surely get it. However splintery, the how drawn is one of the longest ever dragged from the woods...
...should place in these events. With Fletcher out, Yale should win both the high and low hurdles. Captain Gage of Yale should win the 440 with his teammate, Paulsen close behind him. The broad jump is conceded to Norton of Yale, intercollegiate champion. Comins and Deacon are likely to shut out Harvard's men in this event. The latter should win the high jump, being capable of jumping over six feet. Durfee of Yale must do his best to beat Combs in the pole-vault. Competition in the discus should be close; both Laimbeer and Graf are doing around...