Word: took
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...William M. Wood took over the management of certain textile mills belonging to the Ayer interests which had operated on part time for three years at a loss; he put all mills at full capacity, cut prices to the bone, soon made so much money that the company expanded into the vast American Woolen...
...authors' conclusion: "Maybe we were guinea pigs, but we. our parents and our teachers are still glad we took the chance...
...first lynching of 1938 took place last week...
Towards his petty criminals John McIntyre shows benevolent amusement. Boys, he implies, will be boys. Sam was just a good-looking, friendly kid selling pop in a ball park until Art, who knew his way around, took him aside and showed him a few angles. Then he went up fast. He acquired a few attendants: Perry and Cork and a sinister character from Scranton named Max. He talked to all the concessionaires in the city and. because of his friendly way, they were glad to use the brand of pop he pushed. He talked to the barbers. He put short...
...used to running barefoot, slipped on a narrow bridge and fell into the river. When the boy was missed, the women wailed, the men put a consecrated candle on a piece of wood, let it float to midstream. Where it stopped, Perez dived and brought up the body. They took it to the Garcias' little hut, dressed it in a shoddy blue sailor-suit, put a crown of gold paper on its head...