Word: tied
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cheeked Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain. He spoke his mind to the Assembly and the World as though he stood in some vast, sky-vaulted International House of Commons. Logical at first, he rose to the passionate climax of a messiah, spoke of "the mystic common tie of nationhoods," showed startlingly how transcendental is his Scotch Socialism...
Great is the rivalry among U. S. battleship crews for the efficiency pennant, highest naval prize, fondly called the "meatball." Secretary Adams knew no uninspired solution of the tie would do. Last week, inspired at last, the Navy Department announced that when the Maryland and New Mexico are apart on separate cruises this year, each may fly the pennant. When they are together in the same fleet, the New Mexico shall have it on odd numbered days of the month, the Maryland on even numbered ones. This compromise seemed Solomonic indeed-until the crew of the Maryland realized that...
...University of Mexico's first game last fortnight against a pick-up team from the U. S. colony. Coach Root's swart quarterback cried signals in Spanish, drove the team through oldtime Yale formations, held the gringos to a scoreless tie...
Chess enthusiasts call Master Nimzowitsch philosopher and artist as well as mathematician. Besides his System, he uses shrewd psychological strategy. In his game with Grand Master Rudolf Spielman, the winner of which had a chance to tie Cuban Jose R. Capablanca for first place, he humored his opponent's overaggressiveness, craftily exchanging pieces to gain a winning advantage. To hold his lead in the final game, he had to vanquish Grand Master Tartakower of Vienna. Noting that his adversary looked weary, he deployed on a lengthy rochade attack. After six hours Tartakower's game collapsed and sly Nimzowitsch...
...holding company, called First Bank Stock Corp., is designed to tie the banks of Minneapolis and St. Paul into the financial structure of the mining industries of the Northwest. Of its $250,000,000 capital stock some $70,000,000 is being issued in exchange for the controlling interest in the 37 banks. The remainder will be used for future expansion...