Word: torches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...some reason or other, burning little green caps on the campus. It seems rather heathenish to continue to sacrifice to a pagan deity, but, after all it may be rather nice. At any rate, youth, consistent with ancient Greek precedent, does not fail to carry on the torch...
...into a fence surrounding the reservation, collapsed in the snow. In a few minutes the fire was out. Casualties: eleven killed; 54 hospitalized. Probable cause: naphtha gas, leaking from a pipe near the alcohol building, had been ignited by a riveter's forge, a plumber's torch, or a gasoline motor-all within 100 yards of the fiery explosion...
Ginger Snaps, a Negro revue, not only has frantic dancing and torch songs but also includes a chicken-stealing episode. The New York Times: "Less than nothing was added to the midtown New Year's Eve gayety. . . ." The New York World: ". . . Completely unbearable...
Between the Times-Star and the Post, the city's other evening newspaper, there exists a state of healthy, oldtime journalistic competition. The Post, with a slightly larger circulation (200,300), is independent, quick to snatch up the torch of popular issues, taking its political cue from the national Scripps-Howard chain to which it belongs. The Times-Star (circulation: 160,500) claims the support of the Best Families, boasts a greater bulk of advertising in its thick pages. Each watches its rival narrowly, trying to scoop city news and beat the other's editions to the street...