Word: took
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...intern assigned to handle the great Dr. Kelly's instruments. As Dr. Kelly grasped his scalpels Dr. Cullen turned round to thread a needle. When he looked back in a few seconds he was astonished to find the patient's abdomen open. Most surgeons at the General took ten minutes for this procedure...
...mounts cut centaurian capers with the precision of the Radio City Music Hall's famed Rockettes. For their grand finale they charged the length of the ring. Their director, Major D. A. Grant, explained that training the horses to keep time with the music was a job that took a year and a half of patient effort. Eventually, however, they learned to alter position and formation by taking their cue from the music. Musical rides are of no more military value than a Virginia reel but, ever since the Life Guards first made them popular in the British Army...
...flop, none they panned became a hit. But this season the public has been reversing critics' decisions right & left. In spite of critical praise, Missouri Legend slowly sickened and died. In spite of criticules, Hellzapoppin, consistently puffed by Walter Winchell, quickly rallied, jumped out of bed and took the town. And with qualified reviews, Knickerbocker Holiday has become a success, Kiss the Boys Goodbye a smash...
...personal public relations staff, wondered what the public thought. On his own he sent a questionnaire to a few hundred automobile owners. Some 60% voted for freewheeling. Then a few months later a second questionnaire showed that only 50% wanted it on their cars. GM abandoned freewheeling. It still took Weaver some time to persuade the company that a regular customer research department was warranted. Allowed to try it for GM's Canadian affiliate, he got results so successful that in 1933 customer research was extended to the entire company...
...Galveston, Texas, G. Martini, assistant manager of a cinema theatre, was on his way to deposit the day's box-office receipts of You Can't Take It With You. In the lobby of the bank a bandit held up Manager Martini, took it with...