Word: rubbering
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...games played between the two teams, the Crimson has won two, and its opponents two. Both are anxious to win the rubber game. The Aggies have beaten the strong Springfield outfit 37 to 33, and Sprinfield overcame the Tufts five. The court game is a major sport for the visitors, and they are expected to put on a strong attack...
...this," he went on, "because of necessity our future supply organization must be so built that, like a rubber band, it can in a moment be stretched to a hundred times its size without breaking under the strain. It must be just as effective in the new shape as in the old, and must carry a heavier load at every point. It must be kept alive in times of peace, so that it may not succumb to dry-rot. Incidentally, it has had a very active life in the past few years, trying to stretch itself to cover the many...
Secretary Hoover took his protest against British restriction on the production of rubber by that body to invest $10,000,000 a year for five years in planting rubber trees in U.S. territory or in territory where there is no foreign restriction...
...days later Harvey Firestone, tire manufacturer, who is opening great rubber plantations in Liberia, told the investigators of the House of Representatives that, while the Philippines possess all the qualifications for producing rubber, no attempt to invest capital in rubber plantations can be made there until the land laws are revised and the political situation stabilized...
...Firestone Rubber Co. in 1921 reported a profit of $1,250,000 and in 1925 a profit...