Word: oyer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...grain prices rallied. Some grain speculators thought the worst might be over. Richard Uhlmann, president of the Board of Trade, thought it was safe to speak some reassuring words for a CBS broadcast. As he finished speaking, an assistant rushed up and cried: "The rally's oyer! Corn fell 8? while you were talking...
When the Walls really let their postwar dreams run unchecked, they plan a trip to England where Joe was born. But they will come back. During the long hot Iowa nights they talk oyer plans to remodel the two-story, four-room house. Two bedrooms will be added on the north side. The present kitchen will be the dining room. A new kitchen will be built where the porch is now, and:-luxury of luxuries-water will be pumped in from the well...
...parachuted from the sky oyer Normandy on D-day was a 29-year-old Anglican chaplain, George Edward Maule Parry. He was with the British 6th Airborne Division. Last week War Correspondent Leonard Mosley, who was with the same division, told what happened after that...
Since their victory oyer M. I. T. two weeks ago, the prospects of the Witherspoonmen are definitely looking up with the result that they are favored to down the Boston Club. With this win the lacrosse team can even up their record...