Word: smash
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...demand of Ethiopia, the League Council last week called Italy to the mat. Ethiopia was represented by Professor Gaston Jeze of the Paris Sorbonne. To smash him Dictator Benito Mussolini sent to Geneva the hard-bitten Italian naval officer who, during the War, smashed Imperial Austria's network of spies after they had succeeded in blowing up two Italian battleships...
...Waldman of Cleveland, just because Mr. Waldman had once known Mrs. Ida Rose Cooper, she sent magic fireballs into their windows at night. Mr. Waldman had been burnt. The Waldmans slept with a pair of pliers in the bed to catch the floating fireballs, a hammer and anvil to smash them with, and "even in this hot weather we had to keep the windows closed to keep the fireballs out." When Mrs. Matilda Waldman shot and killed Mrs. Cooper last week, headlines ran NO MORE FIREBALLS FOR WITCH SLAYER...
...fourth, the crowd perked up for the set which they felt sure was destined to decide the series. Allison led at 3-1, 4-3. and 5-4. At 30-15, only two points from victory, Captain Wear smiled as he watched his man trot up to smash an easy lob. Allison volleyed feebly into the net. Five minutes later the match was over, 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, for Austin...
...time, almost exactly parallel with Rembrandt's career, The Netherlands was entering its "Golden Age" under the able stadtholder. Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau. And Amsterdam was the golden city of the Dutch. Their armies were the crack fighting force of Europe. Their sea captains were preparing to smash Spain, rival Britain. All about him Rem brandt saw a young nation of tradesmen, sailors and soldiers, the litter of trophies brought home from the Orient...
...notably corn and rye, slid off sharply. The news: After weathering years of economic crises, farm unrest, public criticism and political skulduggery, the Canadian Wheat Pool was about to unload its holdings on the world. If the job was executed recklessly, then world wheat was in for a grand smash...