Word: strike
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...British Leeward Islands. It was moving northwest, very slowly. Next day its centre was reported 100 mi. southwest of Porto Rico. On the second day it was right under Santo Domingo and almost stationary. Would it blow itself out at sea? Would it turn south toward Panama? Would it strike...
Last week tobacco tycoons were discussing an advertising campaign about to be launched by American Tobacco Co., and advertising men, looking at the current Lucky Strike advertisements, realized that soon these puffing fat shadows will no longer be trying to leap, dive and run so that all may see and beware...
Though lightning is supposed never to strike twice in the same place, and might be supposed by now to have struck each & every place in the U. S., the U. S. lightning rod industry continues. According to Department of Commerce figures issued last week, lightning rod business was $923,000 in 1928, $1,232,000 in 1929. Sales at present are running slightly ahead of normal. Thus the lightning rod industry must be added to those very select trades which are depression proof...
...great field still lies open. Lightning does an average property damage of $16,300,000 a year. It can strike anything, and venerable Boston Lightning Rod Co. gravely asserts: "No good reason is known why a place that has been struck once may not be struck again...
Announced Sister herself: "Of course I didn't strike mother. . . . I'm just a sick girl, but I'll be all right soon...