Word: netting
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Shoemaker says: "By raising the bird and dropping it suddenly it Avas made to flutter as it was going down; and the flying birds, seeing it, would begin to circle around, coming nearer and nearer, until they finally lit on the bed around the stool pigeon. Then the net would be sprung. At once there would be a mass of fluttering, struggling pigeons, with heads protruding through the meshes. The fowler and his assistants would rush to the massacre, which was the crushing of the head of each individual bird between the thumb and forefinger...
Garrison opened the scoring in the second period when he took Saltonstall's pass and pushed it into the net. Soon afterward Harvard again threatened when Hilliard, Adams, and Holland were all in the penalty box at the same time...
This game demonstrated the new rules concerning the play of the goalie. Both University Club goalies were guilty of kneeling before the net with the result that the referees called for a face-off 10 feet in front of the net with the defending team lined up on the goal line. On both of these occasions the goalies were able to prevent a score...
...Commission's report took notice of the roads' declining revenues, calculated their net income available for interest and dividends in 1930 at "nearly 33%" less than for 1929. According to the Commission, this revenue drop was not wholly due to hard times. Declared its report...
...Gaston Means-close mouthed, silent, efficient- did not talk-until-." The Sun also said: "This story is told as FACTS without the slightest attempt to make it spicy or to inject an element of sex." Other headlines on the page: "Harding's Love Affairs Involved Nation in Net"; "Girl and Babe Are Trailed"; "Family Quarrel in White House. ... 'I Never Loved You.' " The serial was started on schedule; Vancouver's reaction was reported as " unfavorable." The daily instalment was relegated to a comparatively inconspicuous position in the Sun and carried a subhead: "Any opinions expressed...