Word: blowing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...business to do: rebuilding, shipping to and from the whole southeastern U. S., as John Calhoun had foretold, growing to 22,000 by 1870, 89,872 by 1900. Georgians who were not Atlantans had a saying: "If the folks in Atlanta could suck as hard as they can blow, they would suck the ocean up to their city limits and have a harbor!" At its vital crossroad, inland Atlanta actually...
...last week. For in Washington the Civil Service Commission released 25 pages of new rules under the Hatch Act, rigidly barring 939,876 Federal employes from any real political activity except voting. Classified workers (620,000) may not even express their preferences publicly; may not march in parades (blow horns, beat drums); may not write articles on politics; may not distribute literature or buttons; may not bet on elections; may attend conventions but not participate; may not allow their husbands or wives to "front" for them...
...Spee had two turrets of n-inchers. That is power. A direct hit with 670 pounds of explosive-packed armor-piercer could blow a hole big as a suite at the Hotel Adlon in any of these ships. Then she had the eight 5-9-inchers as well. Roughly, the Spee had a 3-to-1 advantage in armament and fire-power over all three cruisers put together...
...increased activity of German patrols, all the way from the Moselle to the Rhine. Starting with dozens, the Nazi raids increased to as many as 80 in a single night, in such strength that even the tough Moroccans in the Wissembourg sector had to call for artillery support to blow the raiders back. The Germans tried a new system, approaching each French outpost in separate columns or files, to bomb it with grenades from three sides simultaneously. These raids, by seasoned troops, were interpreted by the French as "information please" parties (TIME, Nov. 27), to take the place...
...Newark, defeated after a bitter fight before the CAA to hold the airlines, the opening of North Beach is a sad blow. But it is a blow to civic prestige rather than to civic economy. From Newark to Manhattan and Queens will move several thousand airport employes and their families (to be joined by workers from Chicago and other points along the lines). In the business of Newark merchants, their departure will make no discernible dent...