Word: thumb
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pledged on a business basis to pay interest and principal to holders of these bonds who, like Mr. Young's creditors, will doubtless prove "very hard-hearted." The fact that German 5½ have markedly declined (see p. 19) means merely that .there is some uneasiness lest Germany thumb her nose at the hard-hearted ones, repudiate even her business obligations, and sink to the credit-ruined status of China or of a business man who said in dead earnest to his creditors: "I will not pay my debts...
...punting quarterback, Johnny Branch, held Duke at bay, but that was not all his team had to do. The scoreless tie played in the mud gave Duke the State championship, since North Carolina had been beaten by Davidson. Although outrushed by eleven first downs to seven, a Tom-Thumb team from Rice amazed a crowd in Houston, Tex., by trimming Iowa State 13 to 7. Carnegie Tech's passes-McCurdy to Kavel-brought two touchdowns, and McCurdy intercepted a Washington & Jefferson pass and ran it over. Carnegie Tech 26, Washington & Jefferson...
Such consorship of policies really transfers the functions of the editorial board to those who control all extra curricula activity and these in turn are often under the thumb of the college faculty. The hierarchy which is thus formed is an efficient method for political control and administration, but it completely destroys the independence of a college paper and much of its usefulness as an organ of student opinion. If editors are forced to fear the wrath of a higher authority, their editorials are bound to hedge on all controversial subjects and tend to be reduced below the level...
...Overton Watts, chairman of First National Bank, an oldtime Nashville friend. He is also interested in Alligator Co., St. Louis. He has been identified with many a Southern hotel, including the Kentucky in Louisville, the Andrew Jackson in Nashville, and Lookout Mountain Hotel, Chattanooga, where Garnet Carter conceived Tom Thumb Golf (TIME, July 14). Banks, garages and textiles likewise are included in his interests. So great is his faith in Banking-on-the-South that in 1928 he sponsored Shares in the South, Inc., an investment trust to specialize in Southern securities with the provision that at no time could...
...Brooklyn, John Gentrio, barber, called Herman Finsel, plumber, to repair a leaking pipe. Plumber Finsel went back to get a gasket; Barber Gentrio held his thumb on the pipe five hours. Later, when Plumber Finsel came to the barber shop to have his beard shaved, Gentrio shaved half of it; departed, taking all the razors in the shop to be honed; stayed out five hours...