Word: strike
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stretching his base hit for two bases. In the midst of this confusion Des Roches pulled the situation out of the fire by making a valiant stab at the hard grounder sent out by Potter, catching Martynik flat-footed as he tore into the base. Two flies and a strike out was Harvard's record in this inning...
...strike occurred in the plant of Mishawaka Rubber & Woolen Manufacturing...
...Government sued Corn Products Refining and the company discreetly sold its interest in Penick & Ford back to the original owners, who sold what amounted to one-third of the company to Frederick Thomas Bedford, who thereupon left the paternal fold to strike out for himself. Ten years younger than Messrs. Penick & Ford, Son Bedford assumed large duties. In 1927 he was made president of the company. Although Penick & Ford was almost wrecked by the depression of 1921, 1930 saw its profits at $1,811,348 against 1929's $1,882,441. It is the country's third largest...
...students of Washington & Jefferson College at Washington, Pa. went on strike last March. Their complaint: that their president, Dr. Simon Strousse Baker, was "autocratic" (TIME, March 30). A committee of trustees investigated the charges, was ready to report last week. But the report was not read. Dr. Baker resigned...
Rare indeed is the student strike which accomplishes thus easily its aim. The W. & J. students had protested against Dr. Baker's domineering methods, his "dress rules," his lack of sympathy with their athletic program. His capitulation last week was complete. Though ill health influenced his decision to resign, he said: "So far as the student body is concerned, I have tried to win their friendship but have been unsuccessful. Sometimes I think the fault is mine. . . . As a whole they are serious and well-behaved. . . . The faculty is an able group...