Word: splitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...argument as to the number of Confederate soldiers is old and insoluble. Authoritative estimates vary from 600,000 to 1,082,119 enlistments. U. S. Historian Woodrow Wilson split the difference, guessed 900,000. The War Department states that 2,128,948 enlisted on the Union side...
...disembarked on the dock to the gay music of a Marine band. An hour later Manila's brightly lighted water front was suddenly plunged into pitch darkness. The dock on which the refugees were standing in confused groups began to shake. With a terrifying roar the roof above split apart. "They're bombing us again!" screamed a woman refugee. Another shrieked: "Is this another...
Last week U. S. balletomanes learned more of the split between Massine and de Basil-a split which forecast an international ballet war-when word came from England that the two had taken certain differences into court. Dancer Massine, whose current contract with Colonel de Basil expires Sept. 15, had joined another company, notified Colonel de Basil that he claimed exclusive right to all the ballets, many of them drawing cards, for which Massine had devised the choreography. Before the Hon. Mr. Justice Luxmoore of Chancery Court the two parties brought this question: can property right be claimed...
...fissure in the earth split the farm of Harley Robertson, soon widened as its sides fell in, became a canyon 200 ft. deep, its bottom crawling, heaving, puffing. It swiftly swallowed 20 acres of Robertson's farmland. Other fissures snaked across his property, threatened 80 acres more. Salmon Falls Creek ran yellow with volcanic dust and yellow puffs spurted from dry fields. Muffled thunder rose from underground, as though boulders were detaching themselves from the roof of a subterranean cavern and falling to the floor. The first canyon continued growing in the direction of the stream. If it reached...
...outstanding stock is only 3,906 shares and these are held by 145 persons. Last week this stock was valued at about $3,000 a share, when an announcement was made by Colonel Walker. Pondering plant expansion financed by a possible public offering of shares, President Walker proposed to split stock 250 for 1, change the name of the company to Talon, Inc. Zip, the price of shares was bid up to $3,500, but there were no sales...