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...nose. It is one thing to "bulldog" or wrestle with a ewe-necked steer and quite another to tackle a well-developed fighting bull. Pickett found this out, much to his consternation. Owing to the much greater thickness of the bull's neck, instead of being able to lock his fingers together, the tips were barely touching. This made his hold very insecure and with the bull tossing his head up & down, Pickett's legs and feet flying like a whiplash, he was in a very dangerous and precarious position. At this very critical point, the cowboys commenced...
...President, famed Indian Poetess Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, was arrested. Her successor as President, India's revered Pandit Mohan Malavija, was arrested as he reached New Delhi along with 369 delegates to the Congress. These arrests (in the opinion of British officials at the Vice-regal Capital) placed under lock & key in various parts of India some 50,000 followers of the Mahatma "including all who are nationally known...
...Damn your concessions to England!" headlined Dublin's Republican An Phoblacht before Mr. de Valera had done or conceded anything. "The Anglo-Irish Treaty, lock, stock & barrel must go! Ireland wants no connection with England. The Imperial link must be severed...
From Mr. Cord Avco also took over a labor problem. Last winter he reduced pilots' wages, came into conflict with the Airline Pilots Association, affiliated with the A. F. of L. (TIME, Feb. 22). The 23 pilots of Century Air Lines quit (they charged a "lock-out") and service was interrupted until a "strikebreaking" crew was trained. By the sale to Avco a complete operating personnel of 350 is thrown out of work. Last week, in his apartment in the tower of Manhattan's swank Waldorf-Astoria, Mr. Cord intimated that the pilots (about 50 including Century Pacific's) would...
Queen Mary rented a safety deposit box fortnight ago. Apprised in advance of Her Majesty's intention, London's Chubb & Sons' Lock & Safe Co., Ltd. had prepared a gold key to the royal box. which Chairman Lord Hayter presented with a profound...