Word: ties
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...officers of the Council shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, all of whom shall be Seniors. The President shall preside at all meetings, and shall have the power to cast a vote only in the case of a tie. The Treasurer shall, in the absence of the President, assume all his powers. The Secretary shall perform all the duties regularly pertaining to that office...
...Well, I tie the noose and adjust it around his neck...
...hockey. In the playoffs, two or three "sudden death" periods, in which the game ends when a goal is scored, are not unheard of. At Montreal last week, Maroons and Red Wings skated wearily up & down the ice through four such periods of 20 minutes each, without breaking the tie. While the streets outside the Forum emptied and the city grew dark, while spectators alternately dozed and woke with hoarse shouts when it looked as if something might happen, the players went on grimly playing. In the middle of the fifth overtime period a drowsy spectator...
...Boston to deliver an address on "The United States of America" at a St. Patrick's Day dinner of the Charitable Irish Society, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee was jovial and easy with reporters in his room at the Copley-Plaza last night. Minus coat, tie and collar, his six-foot bulk draped over the side of an armchair, he parried press questions and waxed very optimistic about Democratic chances next fall...
...close, it was once more manifest that "Hoosier" basketballers play their best for "Hoosier" schools. Indiana finished after winning eleven games, losing one. The only other teams that had a chance of getting through with less than five defeats were Purdue, which needed only a victory over Michigan to tie Indiana's record, and Michigan, which had already lost four times. In that last game of the season Purdue looked like a high-school team in the first half, then scored 17 points while Michigan was making two, won the game in the last two minutes...