Word: swing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Royal Wimbledon Golf Course, near London. As he teed his ball and attempted to intimidate it with the emphatic waggle which marks him as a mediocre golfer, it doubtless never crossed the Prince's mind that he might get a hole-in-one. Nevertheless, after a swing a little smoother and a click a little firmer than usual, the ball soared straight to the apron of the green, rolled between two hummocks true to the pin and, with a little plop inaudible from the tee, went in. If the Prince was surprised, he was also justly proud...
...tense attitude of waiting along the public utility front. Stirrings in Congress and many a local skirmish have hinted that a decisive battle would some day be fought between Private Enterprise and Public Regulation. Last week in the Midwest the sharpest utility conflict of years was in full swing, one with giants as principals...
Last week it was announced that Mrs. Herbert Hoover will sponsor the Akron at the christening Aug. 8, at the Goodyear-Zeppelin dock at Akron, Ohio. But Mrs. Hoover, practiced though she is at swinging bottles against bows, will swing no bottle of liquid air. The stuff is dangerous to handle, would instantly freeze any bit of flesh upon which it might splash. Instead Mrs. Hoover will set free a flock of white pigeons...
Soon after the end of the flight, the business of making the flyers official heroes and their families great personages was in full swing. They were paraded, be-medalled, feted, photographed within an inch of their lives. (They had engaged as publicity counsel the firm of Bruno & Blythe.) Their wives were included at many of the functions, including the luncheon given by Mayor Walker, where Arthur Brisbane quoted Paul Block as saying: "It must have been hard to fly away from either of those two ladies." Also there was Col. Lindbergh ("Only one Christopher Columbus, only one Lindbergh."?Brisbane...
Jurado, with his quick, almost jerky swing, his swart little face and peculiar accent, has been a spectacular figure in European golf since he first played in the British Open five years ago and tied for sixth place. This year, with Jones, who has won three times, and Hagen, who has won four times, out of the Open, it seemed that he, or one of several British players would have a chance. MacDonald Smith, another Americanized Scot, who finished second to Jones twice last year, won the qualifying rounds. In the championship play he slipped back and Jurado, Armour...