Word: twos
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...contestants were driven to the field in a pair of coaches-and-twos, which were put on the cuff as far as Lampoon remuneration goes. Once on the field, doughty Carfare organized his cohorts, including 17 infielders, and teed the slab. At first he experienced difficulty with his control and walked some 14 men. Her he steadied down and got the ball over the plate...
...Madison, Wis., slightly less than four months ago, a jury, mostly made up of farmers, began to listen to complicated legal arguments, conducted furiously by a total of 66 attorneys. In succeeding weeks, marching in twos and vigilantly guarded, the twelve jurymen and two alternates were occasionally taken out to exercise on the shores of Lake Mendota. For Christmas they had a tree in the juryroom and as a special favor they were allowed to speak to their families. Their mail was carefully censored. They were not allowed to see The Life of Emile Zola because of the courtroom scenes...
Unexpectedly, our train was halted at a small town and surrounded by Russian troops with fixed bayonets. An officer boarded the train and ordered all American bank men to come with him. About a score of us were lined up in "column of twos" and marched into the village between files of soldiers. I must confess to an attack of cold sweat as we marched down the street not knowing our destination but fearing the worst...
...ones and twos and small platoons, Braintrusters, Congressmen and labor leaders passed before his desk, giving advice and taking orders. Representative Connery of Massachusetts, Chairman of the House Labor Committee, House Leader Sam Rayburn, Senator Black of Alabama, Chairman of the Senate Education & Labor Committee, Senate Leader Robinson, buzzed in & out. The Black-Connery Bill was whipped into shape-40 hours a week maximum, 40? an hour minimum were its terms as given to the press. Previews and consultations were provided, one day for A. F. of L.'s William Green, who would not firmly commit himself; another...
...Here Comes the Bride while a justice of the peace married two strikers. In Detroit, Checker Cab Co., which operates three-fourths of the city's taxis, had a drivers' strike, but many of the company's 600 cabs (which belong mostly in ones and twos to 400 individual capitalists) were operated by their owners...