Word: ace
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Buenos Aires scene was enough to reap millions of responsive Latin smiles. After he sailed home, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, by his courtly modesty and winning character, achieved more than the State Department had expected or hoped, skillfully assisted by its Spanish-speaking Sumner Welles, among diplomats an ace professional. This week the Conference had to its credit not only several positive achievements at Buenos Aires but several negatives of an especially vital nature...
Gordon and Revel songs, amiable dialog by a trio of ace screen writers, adroit direction by William Seiter and effortless acting by a sophisticated cast give Stowaway a quality recent Temple pictures have lacked, of simple, unself-conscious charm. Good shot: Randall and valet, having failed to sing Shirley Temple to sleep, nodding when she croons Good Night, My Love...
...Standard offered, but Richfield's bondholder and creditor committees decided that Harry Sinclair's securities were of uncertain market value, turned down his bid. It looked as if President Kingsbury had won. At Consolidated's annual stockholders' meeting in 1934, however, Harry Sinclair showed his ace. He announced that a deal was on with Henry L. Doherty to buy Richfield jointly. Same day, in California, Cities Service as one of Richfield's principal bondholders started an appeal in U. S. Circuit Court against the Richfield-Standard deal on the ground that the amount offered...
Biggest football crowd the East ever saw (102,000) packed Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium to watch Army v. Navy. Navy tacklers piled into Army's scrawny little star, Monk Meyer. Army linemen saw to it that Navy's ace dropkicker, Bill Ingram, never got where he could perform his specialty. Late in the last quarter, the break of the game came when, climaxing a Navy march of 50 yards, Ingram passed to Fike and Army's Sullivan, trying to abort what looked like a touchdown, spoiled the play by bowling into Fike. The field judge ruled...
Hailing from Sydney, Australia, and like Hutter, in Berlin at the Olympics last summer, is William Kendall '40, whose sensational performances are expected to help turn this year's Freshman team into the best Yardling outfit ever to wear the Crimson. Supporting the Australian ace are several other able swimmers like Henry A. Curwen, Frederick W. Griffen, Enno R. Hobbing, Robert Urquhart and Harry Southwick. These men, under the guidance of Lawrence Peterson, new Freshman coach, face their first meet on December 16, with the Lynn Y. M. C. A. as opposition...