Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hand. He was no less tyrannical than Reed or Cannon but he did it in such a pleasant smiling way that there was little resentment. Behind him he always had a healthy House majority which afforded him his opportunity to build up the "lower'' chamber's recent reputation for smooth, efficient legislating. No White House tool, he deserted the rostrum to fight and defeat President Coolidge on the 1929 Navy building program, President Hoover on the Soldier Bonus Loan. (This latter activity was chiefly motivated by the menacing hostility of Cincinnati Veterans, which almost cost Longworth his seat last year...
...stroke to 36. The Golden Bears rowed harder, faster, more jerkily. They gained no distance. The shells were still almost even, the finish a half-mile away, but the rowing-wise knew from that moment that California was beaten. The Bears were rowing 37 when suddenly, with a smooth rush of power, Washington raised their stroke to 38, moved away. Going under the bridge they had almost a length; coming through on the other side water showed clear between the shells. Washington's time was a new record, 14 min-53¾ sec. for three miles on the estuary...
...Ford brake lever that locks both wheels, or brakes either one for ground-steering. Because the engine and propeller are far separated from the cabin, it is claimed that noise in flight is no greater, to the occupants, than that of an automobile going 60 m. p. h. over smooth roads. The claim is it will take-off in 35 ft., can use average boulevards as landing fields...
...Records: I Surrender, Dear and Sing Song Girl (Columbia)-Mickie Alpert presents ingenious arrangements with Helen Rowland singing the first in a pleasing, husky way. I'm Happy When You're Happy and Maybe I'm in Love With a Dream (Brunswick)-Good tunes played with smooth, steady pace by Tom Gerun. By My Side and I'm So Afraid of You (Victor)-Bert Lown's saxophones make this Victor's best dance record of the month. By the River Sainte Marie and Running Between the Rain-Drops (Columbia)- Guy Lombardo pushes the manner...
Displaying a speedy synchronized stroke that took their opponents completely by surprise, a smooth-rowing Lowell House eight definitely outclassed the Dunster crew yesterday, winning by a length and a half on the upper half mile course. The race came as a climax of the rivalry that has existed between the two crews since their organization at the opening of the Spring rowing season...