Word: suit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms, former Congresswoman from Illinois and daughter of Mark Hanna, filed a civil suit against some 400 defendants to clear up old claims and establish positive title to the famed Trinchera Ranch in southern Colorado, which she bought last February for a reported $500,000. Some of the defendants: Scout Kit Carson (once stationed near the Trinchera as commandant), Presidents James Buchanan, Chester Alan Arthur, William McKinley...
...races, an extra $1 every time he wins. To his agent he must pay a similar sum plus 10% of his 10% share of the winning purse. A jockey also pays for his saddles (he usually owns two or three of varying weights), whips, boots, breeches and rubber reducing suit-if he has to keep his weight down. Next to losing their bank rolls, jockeys dread gaining weight. Longden and Adams are both so small (105 Ib.) that they need not diet, but most riders count their calories, knowing well that a heavy rider (118 to 125 Ibs.) gets infrequent...
Shirts, pajamas, hosiery, handkerchiefs, neckwear, gloves. . . every kind of gift that's important to a man. . . are now on display at prices that will suit any budget. Knowing also that men are quality and style conscious, the University Shop specializes in furnishings designed exclusively for Harvard tastes by manufacturers from the style centers of the world. Shirts with collars styled particularly for college men, imported hose, hats in designs exclusively by and for the University Shop, and countless other items rarely available in such selections at such moderate prices...
...witness said his company would license its patents to "anyone who wants to use them." Not since 1909 had it brought a patent infringement suit...
Last week in Paris, 28 de Lesseps, including Ferdinand's two surviving sons, Mathieu and Paul, attended the family preview. When it was over, despite the implied reflection on themselves and their parentage, the de Lesseps were not shocked enough to bring suit, suggested a few minor changes. Relieved, Twentieth Century-Fox officials agreed to make them...