Word: withdrawing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...More than 30 years ago he was an actor of Shakespeare in London's famed Haymarket theatre. Nine years ago he crossed the retiring line for members of the British Civil Service, but not until last week, after two special extensions of his appointment, was he ordered definitely to withdraw at the close of the year. He has been the grand old man of foreign consuls in the U. S. Named as his successor: Gerald Campbell, British Consul-General at San Francisco since...
...April 21: Today the President said that Orlando* for whom he says he has not only a liking but a real affection . . . read a speech which was really Italy's ultimatum of what she must have or withdraw, and then, when the end came, he sobbed piteously. . . . The Italians are refusing to sign the peace negotiations with Germany if they cannot have Fiume...
...good faith. It's done to deceive the voters and muddle the situation. I'm finished unless the other George W. Norris is kept off the ballot." Senator Norris & friends loudly claimed that G. O. P. "standpatters" and the "Power Trust" were behind Grocer Norris. The Senator prepared to withdraw from the Republican primary and run as an independent...
...give her hull the headway it needed. She beat each of her rivals on the windward and leeward course and then won the first race on the reaching course. Racing Enterprise next day, Weetamoe blew out the duralumin headboard of her mainsail in a 17-mi. breeze, had to withdraw. Skipper Vanderbilt of Enterprise put about likewise, refused the hollow victory. Designer W. Starling Burgess went aloft in a bo'sun's chair to make sure Enterprise's rigging was shipshape. The halyard fouled and he was stuck at the masthead, red whiskers blowing in the breeze, for more than...
...dozen steamers piled on extra steam crossing the Atlantic last week, racing against time to save money. The Olympic, notable winner, saved $130,000 for its clients. At Manhattan and other ports, men fighting noisily in the customs-houses raced to withdraw stored goods before the zero hour when duties would be higher; Manhattan customs receipts for the day were ten times the average...