Word: somehows
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Somehow Ambers kept on his feet through that round, and the seventh-and the eighth and the ninth and the tenth. The crowd went crazy. By the 13th. when he plainly got the better of Armstrong, who by this time was swinging wildly and forfeiting rounds because of low blows, the Garden was yelling for a game fighter. After the 15th round, when Referee Billy Cavanagh held up Armstrong's arm in victory (a decision boisterously booed from the gallery), Henry Armstrong was so exhausted that he probably could not have pronounced his own title: World's Featherweight...
...Corp. Since Big Steel at the turn of the Century had 65% of the total ingot-steel capacity, Judge Gary could easily knock into line any other company which disregarded his price policy. But open price-fixing was illegal, so Judge Gary would give dinners for all the steelmasters; somehow, when the demitasse came round, everyone knew what to charge for steel. In 1911, when the Government was ready to jump on this arrangement, the industry adopted a new procedure. Since then, whenever the Government has jumped on steel price policies, the industry has been one jump ahead. Last week...
...performed on himself. This was only temporary emasculation, ruled the judges, and might be undone by rejoining the ends of the spermatic ducts. So Farmer Peter had himself castrated. Last week at Debrecen, the judges, mindful of the marvels of modern reconstructive surgery, still feared that Peasant Peter might somehow become fertile, trick anyone who lent him money on his entailed acres. They postponed permission to mortgage...
...other side of the ledger there appears to be only the vague objection that somehow twenty associate members would miraculously destroy a feeling of unity in the minds of two hundred and fifty colleagues. It is hard to understand the point of view which would attribute the these small groups the sweeping power of "turning the Houses into dormitories"; and when it is realized that the expedient is a temporary one, and that the benefit to the now homeless three hundred would far outweigh any possible inconvenience to the Houses, it seems very little to ask that the proposal...
...stimulates the production of white blood cells which destroy germs and help to heal wounds. Medical scholars pay no attention to him or his medication. On the other hand, many country doctors believe in Dr. Ferguson and use diluted hydrochloric acid (now widely sold in sterile ampules) and sometimes, somehow, cure their patients...