Word: yd
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...protection, however, complained that in their special lines-bleached, printed, colored and dyed goods-Japanese manufacturers furnished really stiff competition. Furthermore Japan, having cut heavily into the U. S.'s foreign markets for cotton cloth, upped its exports for U. S. domestic consumption from 36,000,000 sq. yd. in 1935 to 21,000,000 in the first three months of 1936. Against the $5,000,000 per year which the U. S. spends for Japanese cotton cloth, Japan spends about $110,000,000 per year for U. S. raw cotton. Last week news of the U. S. tariff...
...rolling beauty of the King's course at Gleneagles was a dismal sight the day of the matches. Haar," an especially bad Scottish mist, swept over all 18 holes, limited clear vision to 100 yd. Because a postponement was not considered sporting, the golfers trudged wearily around, got soaking wet, wore fur mittens between shots. Caddies stood ahead as human signposts to mark the direction of the greens. To make matters worse, hungry birds had dislodged old divots in their search for grub, left a mass of cupped lies...
...spectators was furnished by Kansan Glenn Cunningham. Apparently rejuvenated, after a disappointing indoor season, Miler Cunningham in a special race cagily let two capable competitors set the pace, unleashed a terrific spurt at the finish to set a new U. S. outdoor record for the 1,000-yd...
...State's Centennial celebration by staging their first practice session in ten-gallon hats, high-heeled boots, leather jackets. First day of the meet they changed to shorts and silk jerseys, trotted out to show spectators how they had smashed the world's record for the 880-yd. relay a fortnight before in Austin...
Their lead-off man (H. V. Reeves) jumped into the lead at the start of the 440-yd. race. Passing the baton with precision, No. 2 (Beverly Rockhold) and No. 3 (Charles Gruneisen) held the lead. At the final touch-off Texas' anchor-man (Harvey Wallender) had a five-yard start over Temple's Eulace Peacock. Fifteen yards from the finish Negro Peacock suddenly leaped into the air, broke his stride, hopscotched over the line in agony with a pulled muscle. But the Texans deserved their victory. Time was 0:41.1, a half-second better than the meet...