Word: stools
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Passed the $102,602,000 state. Justice, Commerce & Labor Appropriation bill after reducing (129-to-118) the Dry enforcement fund from $9,120,000 to $8,440,000, prohibiting wiretapping (122-to-107) and outlawing "stool pigeons" (174-to-164) and the purchase of liquor for evidence; sent it to the Senate...
...knuckle). Amazement at his own mastery marred his concerts ("Bravo! Bravo!" "You never heard anything like this." "Terrible! I will do better tomorrow."), drew crowds. Declaiming, gibbering, playing to a pile of unset jewels on the piano end, once to a pair of socks, bouncing on the piano stool, his shows were fine pianizing or fine Pachmannizing. Specialty: Chopin. A nickname (by the late James Gibbons Huneker) : "The Chopinzee...
...Kettering, vice president of General Motors Corp. He invented the self-starter,* and Delco ignition and farm-lighting units,† fathered Ethyl gasoline** and Duco.‡ Since he contrived the self-starter, he has far transcended tinkering gadgets. He is GM's visionary magician, perched on a high stool whose legs have grown longer and longer as the business has expanded, gazing into the future with the crystal ball of pure scientific theory. Forgiven and forgotten is his classic blunder of ten years ago, the air-cooled Chevrolet motor which cost GM 31 cool millions. Nowadays most improvements...
...Gentleman who traditionally digests the London Times ("The Thunderer") with his breakfast kipper had received no forewarning, he probably kicked over his gout stool in amazement when he picked up his paper last Monday morning. In size, shape and general character, it was the same old Times. In the notice columns of the front page "Maisie" was still trying to get "Howard"' to call the Bayswater number; Old Boys were being besought by their headmasters to contribute a little something to St. Swiffen's; land was going begging in South Africa. But see here, what was this...
...flick his face savagely again. fought. The last Schmeling four was rounds fresher in were the last round, the fastest of a sharp but not particularly dramatic match. When the bell ended it. he ran lightly to his corner. Sharkey followed him. When Schmeling sat down on his stool, Sharkey placed one foot on the lowest rung and leaned down to talk. What he talked about was not revealed but his gesture was so nonchalant that it was seized upon afterwards as a significant item for the furious arguments that followed the fight. Four out of the last five heavyweight...