Word: ace
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...General and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and on wisecracking terms with President Roosevelt and the press. He was called back to Paris to become Chief of the American Section of the Quai d'Orsay, but State Department propheteers are sure he will ultimately return as Ambassador. He is the ace of the French diplomatic service in dealing with persons who speak English or American. He speaks both to perfection-either clipped, impeccable King's English or broad, robust United States...
...Yardlings were unable to get more than two blows off the pitching of Ace Douglas of the Terrier Freshmen and bowed to the opposition 5-3 at Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon...
...explanation for the unprecedented event was that the Varsity boat and Coach Tom Bolles had expected that the Freshmen would complete the whole ace instead of quitting at the end of the Henley distance as they...
...shifts uneasily whenever he has to stay seated, drives his points home with emphatic coordination of forefinger, whiskers and narrowed eyes. Not so free with his gestures is the unnamed player who portrays Stalin. Like the actor who played the king as if someone were about to play the ace, his portrayal is so chary it makes the Soviet iron man seem wooden...
...stocky Austrian Olympic ace, whose spectacular record-smashing feats have astounded swimming enthusiasts all over the nation, feels that the opportunity he has been offered is too good to refuse, and will start work in Chicago or Atlanta the summer. He will definitely not return to Harvard...