Word: strike
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...places . . . so the ends will wiggle. Some fellers claim that the point of the hook showin' scares the fish but that's all wrong.'. . ." When a trout bites, " 'lower the tip of the pole a minute. . . . Now lift the tip up again easy . . . then . . . strike quick...
When asked about testimonial writing, she said, "I've never got even a cellophane wrapper from the Lucky Strike people, but if I pose for a bathing-suit ad, they always send a couple of dozen suits around. All I have to do is to sign a stereotyped letter...
Devens' pitching has done much to keep the batting averages of his opponents from rising. In the 78 innings he has pitched this year he amassed an amazing record of 109 strike-outs, which amounts to almost three strike-outs every two innings. In every game he has pitched he has retired men this way with surprising regularity. He has been touched for 34 hits and has walked 33 opponents...
...strategic points in Athens. Interest payments on Greek loans held abroad we're "stopped to avert a collapse of the drachma." President Alexander Zaimis was reported about to assume dictatorial powers, for good reason: the General Confederation of Greek Workers had abruptly decided to call a Greek General Strike "in sympathy with demands for higher wages already made by individual unions...
...Pops Concert at 8.30 o'clock tonight in Symphony Hall will be as follows: Coronation March, Meyerbeer; "Mignon" overture, Thomas; "Kammenoi Ostrow", Rubenstein; "Carmen" fantasia, Bizet; Finale, violin concerto, Mendelssohn; "Kol Nidrei", Bruch, (Cello solo, J. Langendoen); "Marche Slave", Tschaikowsky; "The Skaters" waltz, Waldteufel; Volga Boatmen's Song; "Strike up the Band", Gershwin...