Word: sprees
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...Merry On Spree...
...under the impression that the Legion, while outwardly trying to organize some sort of fascist party, is really doing nothing more than throwing up a smoke-screen to camouflage their annual drunken spree. Truly the government is in the hands of the rabble. One day we shall awake and find the State House dome is missing...
...This spree was not without some skulduggery. First insiders spread the false rumor that Italy had quit the League of Nations. Shares zoomed wildly up. When the regular press association cables contradicted this false hope, shares slumped, the shoe-string speculators were sold out and the insiders picked up their 'shares again, having turned a quick profit. Later in the week the rumor mongers tried one along the line that Italy had accepted a League compromise. The short-sellers covered themselves comfortably as the market skidded down, were in a position to get back on the long side when...
...only shoved and bluffed his way out of the crowd without giving up the Red flag which he had seized but also rescued the French tricolor. Abashed by his courage, the mob quieted, only to be aroused later by Reds who finally managed to start a window-smashing spree which left the narrow streets of Brest a seeming shambles...
...cronies. Claiming that the brokers had forced their way into the company in 1929 and "caused his name to be forged on papers and letters," he demanded $1,500,000 damages and complete vindication of blame for the shady stock deals. Page & Shaw has never recovered from the Dunham spree. It still operates a factory in Cambridge, but all its retail stores have been closed. Most of its candy is sold today through drug stores and specialty shops...