Word: steps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Boston, Charles Roswell Donnell, a 6-ft.1-in., 220-lb. policeman, climbed into a ring to referee a wrestling bout between onetime Heavyweight Champions Ed Don George and Jim Browning. Browning won the first fall. In the second round he got a scissors hold on George. Referee Donnell tried to step between the wrestlers to save them from going through the ropes. Browning wrapped his arms around Donnell's neck and the next instant wrestlers and referee plunked down on the cement floor. Donnell landed at the bottom. Spectators untangled them, found Donnell unconscious with concussion of the brain...
...Frenchman. Mme Patenôtre who has visited the U. S. about ten times in 30 years, had little interest in the Philadelphia Inquirer when her brother's will dumped it into her lap. Gladly she sold her 51% to the late Cyrus H. K. Curtis and his step-son-in-law John C. Martin in 1930. Presumably the sale involved some cash and a series of notes which the new owners expected to pay off out of profits...
...oppressing that group which constitutes "the very life and substance of society." And for the moment we are content to say with Summer: "If it is desired to bring about social improvements, bring us a scheme for relieving the Forgotten Man of some of his burdens." The first step in such a scheme should be to suggest to President Roosevelt that a re-reading of "The Forgotten Man" might not be altogether a waste of time. REMARK...
...This step wasn't taken without experience. No light thing is it to anujhilate the famous Harvard Stadium hotdog, known for generations for its resilieney, its sturdiness, its more pounds per dollar value. Messrs. Jacobs Bros, are the owners of the concessions at Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Michigan State, and "at the Pitt-Notre Dame game we had 63,000 customers and we served 'em redhots and they went nuts about...
...Securities Exchange Commission into full control of the security and Investment business. Now that the "market" has been made safe for the uninitiate by official ukase and the assurance of Ferdinand Pecors that the Lion can lie down with the Lamb without the customary result, the Crimson takes a step forward in the history of college journalism by the inception of a financial department. The Crimson is pleased to announce that it has secured the services of an astute and able observer of market trends, and that a critical analysis of business and political events with reference to their influence...