Word: tiding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Sheer statistics of its victory over undefeated Tulane put Alabama's Crimson Tide among the country's pacemakers: 19 first downs, 336 yards gained rushing, 60 yards on four completed passes, five touchdowns...
...course, this amazing stability did not carry over into the period of retooling. No scheme has yet been devised to bridge the employment crevasse of the annual shut-down in preparation for new models. The automobile worker regards it as inevitable and lays by savings to tide him over. In the last shut-down season there was no rise in the Detroit relief rolls, now down to less than 20,000. With shutdowns coming in late summer the regular layoff can be treated as something of a vacation. Formerly a worker got his payless "vacation" just before Christmas...
Brewers' Banner. The rising tide of champagne did not mean ebb tide for beer. Last week The American Brewer estimated the 1936 U. S. consumption at 53,000,000 bbls., enough to give each voter in last week's election 388 bottles. Best since Repeal, 1936 is no banner beer year. In 1914, nickel beer enabled U. S. brewers to sell 66,933,394 bbls., an all-time high...
...which has not yet had the opportunity to show its mettle an attitude of interest and sympathy on the part of the university is essential. Even if enthusiasm cannot be expected to soar in the face of complete routs or "victories of the one eyed against the blind," the tide can never be turned without the whole-hearted backing of the undergraduates. This support must come first; then it is hoped the victories will follow...
Apparently determined to stem the offensive tide of the Army, as well as do a little scoring on its own hook, the Crimson is devoting almost three-quarters of every practice this week to work of a defensive nature...