Word: grips
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...with synthetic Bengalese, an increase of 31 ⅓ % in population. Paramount dropped $30,000 of the million and a half here, gave most their first glimpse of an elephant, almost succeeded in driving a few of our topers into taking the pledge. My congregation upped one, a gloriously illuminated grip-man, one of eight rewarded with a gallon-of-whiskey bonus by the director for working all Saturday night...
...tons of steel it delivered last year U. S. Steel made an operating profit of $5.86 as against $3.25 on a production of 5,536,000 tons the year before. It was clear that Steel's management had at last got something of a grip on the expenses of its sprawling empire. What was needed now was sufficient volume to offset annual depreciation of more than $40,000,000 and other charges that last year amounted...
...play what he prefers to call tisch tennis all year round. In the last four years, he has toured Europe, Africa, the U. S., won 524 trophies, never lost one of his 73 championships, except by default. He holds his rubber-faced racket with the tennis, not the penholder grip popular among his U. S. confreres. His best stroke is the backhand which he uses for nine out of ten returns. With his friend Sandor Glancz, Barna helped win for Hungary the Swaythling trophy, Davis Cup of ping-pongists, for which play will begin this week at the Wembley Swimming...
...English, then in French: "Honorable Members of the Senate: "Members of the House of Commons: "I welcome you at a time when our country stands upon the threshold of a new era of Prosperity. It will be for you to throw wide the door! During the past year the grip of hard times has been broken...
...part of the pelvic bone which forms the upper edge of the hip socket. The loosened piece of bone he bends down and wedges securely with bone grafts. After healing, the downturned chunk of pelvis acts like a claw to hold the hip bone within its socket. The new grip is just tight enough to let the leg swing...