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The passage of the Sherman Act was aimed at giant monopolies. | aimed | {
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It was most effective against trade unions. | was | {
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In the famous Danbury Hatters case, a suit was brought against the union by the Loewe Company for monopolistic practices, e. g., trying to persuade consumers not to purchase the product of the struck manufacturer. | brought | {
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In the famous Danbury Hatters case, a suit was brought against the union by the Loewe Company for monopolistic practices, e. g., trying to persuade consumers not to purchase the product of the struck manufacturer. | trying | {
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In the famous Danbury Hatters case, a suit was brought against the union by the Loewe Company for monopolistic practices, e. g., trying to persuade consumers not to purchase the product of the struck manufacturer. | persuade | {
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In the famous Danbury Hatters case, a suit was brought against the union by the Loewe Company for monopolistic practices, e. g., trying to persuade consumers not to purchase the product of the struck manufacturer. | purchase | {
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The suit against the union was successful and many workers lost their homes to pay off the judgment. | was | {
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The suit against the union was successful and many workers lost their homes to pay off the judgment. | lost | {
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The suit against the union was successful and many workers lost their homes to pay off the judgment. | pay off | {
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In 1914, the Clayton Act attempted to take labor out from under the anti-trust legislation by stating that human labor was not to be considered a commodity. | attempted | {
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In 1914, the Clayton Act attempted to take labor out from under the anti-trust legislation by stating that human labor was not to be considered a commodity. | take | {
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In 1914, the Clayton Act attempted to take labor out from under the anti-trust legislation by stating that human labor was not to be considered a commodity. | stating | {
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In 1914, the Clayton Act attempted to take labor out from under the anti-trust legislation by stating that human labor was not to be considered a commodity. | considered | {
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The law could not suspend economics. | suspend | {
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Labor remained a commodity - but presumably a privileged one granted immunization from the anti-trust laws. | remained | {
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The courts, by interpretation, emasculated the act. | emasculated | {
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In 1922, the United Mine Workers struck the Coronado Coal Company. | struck | {
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The company sued under the anti-trust laws, alleging that the union 's activity interfered with the movement of interstate commerce. | sued | {
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The company sued under the anti-trust laws, alleging that the union 's activity interfered with the movement of interstate commerce. | alleging | {
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The company sued under the anti-trust laws, alleging that the union 's activity interfered with the movement of interstate commerce. | interfered | {
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( What other purpose could a striking union have but to interrupt the flow of commerce from the struck enterprise? ) | have | {
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( What other purpose could a striking union have but to interrupt the flow of commerce from the struck enterprise? ) | interrupt | {
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The court first ruled that the strike constituted only an indirect interference with commerce. | ruled | {
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The court first ruled that the strike constituted only an indirect interference with commerce. | constituted | {
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The Masters golf tournament proved last Monday what it can do to the strongest men and the staunchest nerves. | proved | {
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The Masters golf tournament proved last Monday what it can do to the strongest men and the staunchest nerves. | do | {
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Gary Player, the small, trim South African, was the eventual winner, but in all his 25 years he never spent a more harrowing afternoon as he waited for the victory to drop in his lap. | was | {
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Gary Player, the small, trim South African, was the eventual winner, but in all his 25 years he never spent a more harrowing afternoon as he waited for the victory to drop in his lap. | spent | {
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Gary Player, the small, trim South African, was the eventual winner, but in all his 25 years he never spent a more harrowing afternoon as he waited for the victory to drop in his lap. | waited | {
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Gary Player, the small, trim South African, was the eventual winner, but in all his 25 years he never spent a more harrowing afternoon as he waited for the victory to drop in his lap. | drop | {
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Arnold Palmer, the defending champion, lost his title on the 72 nd hole after a few minutes of misfortune that left even his fellow pros gaping in disbelief. | lost | {
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Arnold Palmer, the defending champion, lost his title on the 72 nd hole after a few minutes of misfortune that left even his fellow pros gaping in disbelief. | left | {
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Arnold Palmer, the defending champion, lost his title on the 72 nd hole after a few minutes of misfortune that left even his fellow pros gaping in disbelief. | gaping | {
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`` Just when you think you have it licked, this golf course can get up and bite you '', Player had said one afternoon midway through the tournament. | think | {
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`` Just when you think you have it licked, this golf course can get up and bite you '', Player had said one afternoon midway through the tournament. | licked | {
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`` Just when you think you have it licked, this golf course can get up and bite you '', Player had said one afternoon midway through the tournament. | get up | {
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`` Just when you think you have it licked, this golf course can get up and bite you '', Player had said one afternoon midway through the tournament. | bite | {
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`` Just when you think you have it licked, this golf course can get up and bite you '', Player had said one afternoon midway through the tournament. | said | {
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And that is just what happened on the last few holes. | is | {
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And that is just what happened on the last few holes. | happened | {
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The Augusta National Golf Club Course got up and bit both Player and Palmer. | got up | {
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The Augusta National Golf Club Course got up and bit both Player and Palmer. | bit | {
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Player was the first to feel its teeth. | was | {
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Player was the first to feel its teeth. | feel | {
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After playing a splendid first nine holes in 34 - two strokes under par - on this fifth and final day of the tournament ( Sunday 's fourth round had been washed out by a violent rainstorm when it was only half completed ), Player 's game rapidly fell to pieces. | playing | {
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After playing a splendid first nine holes in 34 - two strokes under par - on this fifth and final day of the tournament ( Sunday 's fourth round had been washed out by a violent rainstorm when it was only half completed ), Player 's game rapidly fell to pieces. | washed out | {
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After playing a splendid first nine holes in 34 - two strokes under par - on this fifth and final day of the tournament ( Sunday 's fourth round had been washed out by a violent rainstorm when it was only half completed ), Player 's game rapidly fell to pieces. | was | {
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After playing a splendid first nine holes in 34 - two strokes under par - on this fifth and final day of the tournament ( Sunday 's fourth round had been washed out by a violent rainstorm when it was only half completed ), Player 's game rapidly fell to pieces. | completed | {
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After playing a splendid first nine holes in 34 - two strokes under par - on this fifth and final day of the tournament ( Sunday 's fourth round had been washed out by a violent rainstorm when it was only half completed ), Player 's game rapidly fell to pieces. | fell | {
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He bogeyed the 10 th. | bogeyed | {
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After a journey through woods and stream he double-bogeyed the 13 th. | double-bogeyed | {
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He bogeyed the 15 th by missing a short putt and finally scrambled through the last three holes without further mishap for a 2 - over-par 74 and a 72 - hole total of 280. | bogeyed | {
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He bogeyed the 15 th by missing a short putt and finally scrambled through the last three holes without further mishap for a 2 - over-par 74 and a 72 - hole total of 280. | scrambled | {
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As he signed his scorecard and walked off the course, Player was almost in tears. | was | {
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He could read on the nearby scoreboard that Palmer, by then playing the 15 th hole, was leading him by a stroke. | read | {
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He could read on the nearby scoreboard that Palmer, by then playing the 15 th hole, was leading him by a stroke. | leading | {
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Palmer had started the round four strokes behind Player, and at one point in the afternoon had trailed by as many as six strokes. | started | {
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Palmer had started the round four strokes behind Player, and at one point in the afternoon had trailed by as many as six strokes. | trailed | {
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Now all he had to do was finish in even par to collect the trophy and the biggest single paycheck in golf. | do | {
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Now all he had to do was finish in even par to collect the trophy and the biggest single paycheck in golf. | finish | {
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Now all he had to do was finish in even par to collect the trophy and the biggest single paycheck in golf. | collect | {
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When Palmer hit a good straight drive up the fairway on the 72 nd hole, he seemed to have the championship won. | hit | {
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When Palmer hit a good straight drive up the fairway on the 72 nd hole, he seemed to have the championship won. | seemed | {
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But the seven-iron shot he used to approach the green strayed into a bunker and lodged in a slight depression. | used | {
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But the seven-iron shot he used to approach the green strayed into a bunker and lodged in a slight depression. | approach | {
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But the seven-iron shot he used to approach the green strayed into a bunker and lodged in a slight depression. | strayed | {
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But the seven-iron shot he used to approach the green strayed into a bunker and lodged in a slight depression. | lodged | {
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In trying to hit it out with a sand wedge Palmer bounced the ball over the green, past spectators and down the slope toward a TV tower. | trying | {
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In trying to hit it out with a sand wedge Palmer bounced the ball over the green, past spectators and down the slope toward a TV tower. | hit | {
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In trying to hit it out with a sand wedge Palmer bounced the ball over the green, past spectators and down the slope toward a TV tower. | bounced | {
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Afterwards, Palmer told Charlie Coe, his last-round partner, that he simply played the hole too fast. | told | {
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Afterwards, Palmer told Charlie Coe, his last-round partner, that he simply played the hole too fast. | played | {
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He did seem hasty on his second and third shots, but then there was an agonizing wait of several minutes while Coe graciously putted out, giving Palmer a chance to recover his composure, which he had quite visibly lost. | seem | {
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He did seem hasty on his second and third shots, but then there was an agonizing wait of several minutes while Coe graciously putted out, giving Palmer a chance to recover his composure, which he had quite visibly lost. | was | {
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He did seem hasty on his second and third shots, but then there was an agonizing wait of several minutes while Coe graciously putted out, giving Palmer a chance to recover his composure, which he had quite visibly lost. | putted | {
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He did seem hasty on his second and third shots, but then there was an agonizing wait of several minutes while Coe graciously putted out, giving Palmer a chance to recover his composure, which he had quite visibly lost. | giving | {
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He did seem hasty on his second and third shots, but then there was an agonizing wait of several minutes while Coe graciously putted out, giving Palmer a chance to recover his composure, which he had quite visibly lost. | recover | {
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He did seem hasty on his second and third shots, but then there was an agonizing wait of several minutes while Coe graciously putted out, giving Palmer a chance to recover his composure, which he had quite visibly lost. | lost | {
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When the shaken Palmer finally did hit his fourth shot, he overshot the hole by 15 feet. | hit | {
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When the shaken Palmer finally did hit his fourth shot, he overshot the hole by 15 feet. | overshot | {
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Palmer was now putting merely for a tie, and Player, who was sitting beside his wife and watching it all on television in Tournament Chairman Clifford Roberts ' clubhouse apartment, stared in amazement when Palmer missed the putt. | putting | {
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Palmer was now putting merely for a tie, and Player, who was sitting beside his wife and watching it all on television in Tournament Chairman Clifford Roberts ' clubhouse apartment, stared in amazement when Palmer missed the putt. | sitting | {
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Palmer was now putting merely for a tie, and Player, who was sitting beside his wife and watching it all on television in Tournament Chairman Clifford Roberts ' clubhouse apartment, stared in amazement when Palmer missed the putt. | watching | {
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Palmer was now putting merely for a tie, and Player, who was sitting beside his wife and watching it all on television in Tournament Chairman Clifford Roberts ' clubhouse apartment, stared in amazement when Palmer missed the putt. | stared | {
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Palmer 's 281 for the four rounds at Augusta was a comfortable four strokes ahead of the next closest pro, but it was barely good enough for a second-place tie with Coe. | was | {
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Palmer 's 281 for the four rounds at Augusta was a comfortable four strokes ahead of the next closest pro, but it was barely good enough for a second-place tie with Coe. | was | {
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The lean and leathery Oklahoma amateur, who has been playing topnotch tournament golf for many years, refused to let the Masters jitters overtake him and closed the tournament with his second straight 69. | playing | {
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The lean and leathery Oklahoma amateur, who has been playing topnotch tournament golf for many years, refused to let the Masters jitters overtake him and closed the tournament with his second straight 69. | refused | {
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The lean and leathery Oklahoma amateur, who has been playing topnotch tournament golf for many years, refused to let the Masters jitters overtake him and closed the tournament with his second straight 69. | let | {
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The lean and leathery Oklahoma amateur, who has been playing topnotch tournament golf for many years, refused to let the Masters jitters overtake him and closed the tournament with his second straight 69. | overtake | {
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The lean and leathery Oklahoma amateur, who has been playing topnotch tournament golf for many years, refused to let the Masters jitters overtake him and closed the tournament with his second straight 69. | closed | {
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Until late last Saturday afternoon Palmer had played seven consecutive rounds of golf at the Masters - four last year and three this - without ever being out of first place. | played | {
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Until late last Saturday afternoon Palmer had played seven consecutive rounds of golf at the Masters - four last year and three this - without ever being out of first place. | being | {
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As evening approached and Palmer finished his Saturday round with a disappointing one-over-par 73, this remarkable record was still intact, thanks to his Thursday and Friday rounds of 68 and 69. | approached | {
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As evening approached and Palmer finished his Saturday round with a disappointing one-over-par 73, this remarkable record was still intact, thanks to his Thursday and Friday rounds of 68 and 69. | finished | {
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As evening approached and Palmer finished his Saturday round with a disappointing one-over-par 73, this remarkable record was still intact, thanks to his Thursday and Friday rounds of 68 and 69. | was | {
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His three-round total of 210 was three strokes better than the next best score, a 213 by Bill Collins, the tall and deliberate Baltimorean who had been playing very well all winter long. | was | {
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