Word: worsteds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tamed" by the first setback received since they started two years ago on their skyrocket rise. The Nazis dropped from 230 Reichstag seats to 195 and in each of Germany's 35 electoral districts their vote fell off, nowhere by less than 10,000 ballots. Nazis suffered their worst setback in President Paul von Hindenburg's home district of East Prussia...
...California, by a thumping plurality that was running close to 300,000 when, at 9:17 p. m., its native son acknowledged that the country had rejected him and telegraphed to his opponent. Herbert Hoover had likened his campaign to that of Lincoln in 1864. His defeat was the worst any President had had in a straight two-party campaign since that same year, when Lincoln beat General McClellan...
...captain, have been handicapped during the season by a weak passing attack. Defensive work has been fairly strong, but a scoring punch was not available in the pinches. Strong teams have on the whole made up the opposition, with several textile school teams, such as Bradford-Durfee, administering their worst defeats...
...Reichstag. Many of his followers have lost faith in him since he has not made good his promises. Hitler is definitely checkmated and his National Socialist vote is likely to fall still further. A large proportion of former members of his party have voted for Hitler's two worst enemies, the Communists and the Nationalists...
...captain, have been handicapped during the season by a weak passing attack. Defensive work has been fairly strong, but a scoring punch was not available in the pinches. Strong teams have on the whole made up the opposition, with several textile school teams, such as Bradford-Durfee, administering their worst defeats...