Word: trippings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...vastly improved catching of Bob Fulton was one of the high spots of the trip. Performing well against Princeton, Fulton turned in a practically perfect job in Philadelphia...
...Hjalmar Schacht, German master of ledgerdemain, ousted from the Reichsbank presidency in January to make way for Nazi inflationists, embarked on a world-circling vacation trip. Last week he arrived in Bombay, India, tush-tushed reports that he had come to barter for Indian cotton. Surprisingly unsanguine, he said of Britain's stop-Hitler alliances: "We will do our best when the time comes. . . . We will give them a good fight...
...Ickes, who is as tough as anyone in handing out verbal socks, though a little tender on the receiving end, proceeded to tag individual columnists with some typical Ickes' characterizations. Walter Lippmann "would never even break his wooden sword unless he should trip over it in a minuet." Dorothy Thompson, "the Cassandra of the columnists*. . . a sincere and earnest lady who is trying to cover too much ground." Mark Sullivan "would be missed . . . even if the world would still manage nicely without the pontifications that waddle through his worried columns." Frank R. Kent "delights in cruel jibes and acidulous...
...school term was shortened to eight months, Negro children's schools were closed. At Villa Rica, a mass meeting raised $2,000 to keep schools open four weeks. Among the contributions: from the Villa Rica high-school senior class, $25 that its members had saved for their annual trip to the Georgia seacoast...
...have been learned during the week, Skip does not expect that there will much opportunity to put them into service. With two weeks of outdoor practice in fairly suitable weather behind them, the Crimson have been able to develop and are no longer the raw material of the spring trip...