Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...straits even in fair weather, the German Republic collapsed under the weight of the 1929-34 depression in which German unemployment soared to 7,000,000 above a nationwide wind drift of bankruptcies and failures. Called to power as Chancellor of the Third Reich on January 30, 1933 by aged, senile President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Hitler began to turn the Reich inside out. Unemployment was solved by: 1) a far-reaching program of public works; 2) an intense rearmament program, including a huge standing army; 3) enforced labor in the service of the State (the German Labor Corps...
Married. Mildred ("Babe") Didrikson, 25, famed woman athlete, 1932 Olympic Games track & field star, expert basketball player, golfer, javelin thrower, hurdler, high jumper, swimmer, baseball pitcher, football halfback, billiardist, tumbler, boxer, wrestler, fencer, weight lifter, adagio dancer; and George Zaharias, 29, heavyweight wrestler; in St. Louis...
...full meaning of the Nativity in his heart, understood the Christmas message which Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his wife sent their Christian friends in the U. S. Wrote these pre-eminent products of Christian missions: "There lies upon us and, we presume, upon you also, a great weight of care which religion alone can teach us to bear worthily. . . . Our religion teaches us that sin is immeasurably a greater evil than suffering. . . . Our people ... are being purified and uplifted by their present trials. . . . War is brutal, but it will ever be powerless...
...must pay $2 every time he races, an extra $1 every time he wins. To his agent he must pay a similar sum plus 10% of his 10% share of the winning purse. A jockey also pays for his saddles (he usually owns two or three of varying weights), whips, boots, breeches and rubber reducing suit-if he has to keep his weight down. Next to losing their bank rolls, jockeys dread gaining weight. Longden and Adams are both so small (105 Ib.) that they need not diet, but most riders count their calories, knowing well that a heavy rider...
...Shallow '40, hurled the 35 1b, weight 48 feet 3 and one-quarter inches to win that event for the Crimson. Gale of the black and red followed close with 47 feet 4 and one-quarter inches. Wiren putted the 16 1b. shot 41 feet 5 and one-half inches to better the mark of 39 feet 8 and one-half inches made by Art Mason '42, and take that event for Northeastern...