Word: twinning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...speech of welcome by Minnesota's brawny Governor Olson whipped them up to a fine frenzy of outraged feelings : "... I understand, from a survey made by some of the boys in the Twin Cities belt, the pay of some of the reporters even exceeded that of a section hand. . . . You are above the common herd, although you don't get paid for it. . . . This is a struggle between the wage earners and the dividend collectors. . . . 'I say you have to become militant. . . . You have a great chance to do something famous, so do not muff the ball...
...Chicago truck gardener, and his wife Rosa. 44, and their children: 1) Mrs. Lawrence Damore, 26, mother of five; 2) Mrs. Lucille Quarante, 25, mother of three; 3) Mrs. Margaret Palella, 24, mother of three; 4) Mrs. Angeline Dell, 22; 5) Mrs. Dominic Damore, 21; 6) Sarah, 21, twin of No. 5; 7) Isabel, 19; 8) Vito, 17; 9) Michael, 16; 10) Rocco, 16, twin of No. 9; 11) Joseph 15; 12) Frank, 12; 13) Mary, 11; 14) Nicholas, 10; 15) John, 8; 16) Philip, 6; 17) Nancy, 5; 18) Rose, 2; 19) Benito...
Quintuplets occur once in about 57,000,000 births, if the "Rule of 87" holds out. W. W. Greulich, University of Colorado statistician, after examining tables of over 100,000,000 births in various countries, found that one twin birth occurs to approximately 87 single births, one triplet to about 7,569 (87 squared) singles, one quadruplet to about 658,503 (87 cubed) singles. Fifth power of 87 (for sextuplets) is about five billions. No one has been able to explain this apparent rule...
...those games are with Dartmouth, one at Hanover this Saturday, the other at Soldiers Field next Thursday; the remaining pair is the traditional Yale twin bill. Right now the Elis are down in the collar with a 250 average, but the Wild Indians look more impressive. Up to a month ago they were anyone's picking but lately they've gone on the warpath and taken five scalps while losing four of their own headpieces. That puts them in fourth place with a 556 mark, just below the Crimson's .571. If their war dance keeps up they have...
Last week, fortnight after his 48th birthday, the rumor spread insistently across Europe that at last Alfonso, still His Most Catholic Majesty to monarchists, was ready to ask Pope Pius XI for an annulment of his marriage to Victoria Eugenie. A twin rumor was that Alfonso proposed to renounce his rights to the Spanish throne in favor of his third son Prince Juan, now a cadet in the British Navy. Last week newshawks found a few of the Bourbon's "friends" who gravely agreed that "there is a foundation for the rumors." Vatican officials pointed out that the Pope...