Word: attack
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bombing Attack. The freebooting ally of Marshal Simmons, General Borah of Idaho, leader of the Republican irregulars, opened the battle by leading a bombing attack on Manufacturing City. As his mighty bombers swept over the smoking chimneys, he first dropped propaganda on the citizens: "The total value of the manufactures imported to the United States in 1928 was less than 3.4% of the total domestic production of manufactured goods in the United States. We are now living practically under an embargo, so far as manufactured goods are concerned...
...this maneuver he made a tactical error, an infraction of the rules of Senatized warfare, but in the verve of his attack it was overlooked: he should not have addressed himself to the "Senators," he should have addressed the chair saying "Mr. President...
...University squad, taking advantage of the cooler weather trampled completely on the seconds, ripping off first downs at will. The aerial attack, which shows promise of becoming one of the real offensive threats this year; again clicked to perfection. Six forwards out of eight attempts were completed along with ten lateral passes. Charles Devens, Mays, and Mason each crossed the goal line twice, while T. W. Gilligan, Harding, Moushegian, Batchelder, White, and Newhardt each scored once. Potter reeled off a 100 yard run but the score was disallowed because of an offside play...
Aside from the fact that many rates "signify nothing" because they apply to products exported and not imported, and are on the books only to throw dust in the farmers' eyes, the chief center of attack on the new tariff is in the international complications arising from it. With Europe in debt to the United States to the extent of many billion dollars it would not seem to require Economics A in order to realize the need of an American market for European goods. Whatever other intelligent way is there to move such huge sums across the Atlantic? Certainly...
...there is any position on a football team which takes a more consistent and bruising beating than that of guard it has yet to be discovered, and this is especially true when the opposition is expected to count on its line attack for those vital two and three-yard gains the success of which often spells victory or defeat. Harvard's opponents are mostly of the big-college-powerfully-built type who plan to have their open attacks carefully checked by driving line offensives in critical moments. To have a pair of weak guards who will wilt under heavy battering...