Word: throat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...matter. The Philippine Government refused to recognize him, thereby saving itself a pension. The North Borneo Company withheld its land rent until the succession should be clarified. A Filipino judge appointed Dayang Dayang administrator of the dead Sultan's estate. Afraid of being poisoned or having his throat cut to make way for Dayang Dayang, Sultan Wasit retired to his ramshackle palace at Maimbung behind a heavy guard. It was well he did so for several armed thugs broke in one night...
...epidemic of serious food-borne infection such as typhoid fever, or septic sore throat, has occurred in the University for many years. Our experience with the mild forms of gastro-intestinal outbreaks is almost identical with that of other colleges and Universities, as well as that of the best type of hotels and restaurants
...Angeles' weather, as well as its citizens, had given Alf Landon a chilly greeting, and, as the Sunflower Special sped eastward, the Nominee was nursing a cold and sore throat. But at Tucumcari, N. Mex., stung to fighting pitch by his Los Angeles booing and by recent Roosevelt speeches, disputing virtually every one of the President's tax points. Alf Landon struck harder and straighter at Franklin Roosevelt than ever before, accused him of "misrepresenting" the facts, went on to assert: "He is using the people's money directly and indirectly to secure his re-election...
...Paso, Tex. a physician boarded the train, ordered Nominee Landon to bed to save his throat for important speeches. Thereafter members of his party pinch hit before disappointed station crowds along the way, explaining that the Nominee was busy and "very tired." After a day of that. Alf Landon allowed them to reveal the real reason for his nonappearance...
...with bristly hair well brushed, climbed Oklahoma's gaunt, rustic William H. ("Alfalfa Bill") Murray, who had promised to introduce him at Oklahoma City. Arrived at their destination, the onetime Democratic Governor and the Republican Nominee stepped off the train arm in arm. Alf Landon's throat was scarf-wound against the cold and for further protection he was bundled into a closed car for the drive to the hotel. Friends offered the closed car as explanation of the appalling scene which followed. As Nominee Landon passed through Oklahoma City's streets there rose from the crowd...