Word: swing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...governments, and U. S. owners of foreign second mortgages which they hope to make first mortgages, at this time to cancel or readjust these debts to the tune of Depression prices and bankrupt business. So far as prices are concerned, it would seem that in a 62-year swing, foreign countries would have an opportunity to pay their debts at an average price dollar, and no doubt, when things take a different turn and the dollar is again cheap, there might be no objection from this country to larger payments than were currently due, should the debtors wish to make...
...single sculls final, long-nosed Henry Robert Pearce of Australia, rowing with the quick savage stroke that won for him in 1928, built up a two-and-a-half-length lead. Five hundred metres from the finish, Bill Miller, 26-year-old oarsman of Philadelphia, pulling with a quicker swing, began to cut down the open water between the bow of his shell and the stern of Pearce's. Miller's bow was coming up even with the waist of Pearce's shell when Pearce's bow reached the finish. Last major event...
Near Shenandoah, Iowa, Raymond Funk, flyer, survivor of five airplane crashes, was hit on the chin by the board seat of a child's swing. The rope encircled his neck, choked him to death...
...second match against another team of Manhattan West Indians, Batsman Bradman contrived to compile a "century" (100 runs & better). His 117 helped the Australians put together 276 for seven wick ets. In the third match, Batsman Brad man had a disheartening experience. He took a tremendous swing at the second ball offered him by Bowler Clarke, snicked it slightly, was caught out for a "duck egg" (score of 0) for the first time since his arrival in North America...
Communist candidate for Vice President is James Ford, Alabama Negro. He arrived in Manhattan last week after a comparatively undisturbed campaign swing around New England...