Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Others argued savagely that Lindbergh must fly for his life in the public eye; heroes age swiftly when seated at office desks; argued that by his very nature he must...
...subjects (economics, political relations, government administration, etc.), perhaps, to the casual student to whom education means plenty of furious football. Robert Somers Brookings long ago thought otherwise. Orphaned at two he went to work at 16 without the benefit of education interspersed with footballs. At the age of 22 he became a member of the reorganized firm of Samuel Cupples & Co., St. Louis, and re mained its manager for a quarter century. During that time the Cupples Company was agent for many firms; owner of potent enterprises. So shrewd was Mr. Brookings' management of the Cupples fortunes...
...rewarded for faithful services. A more interesting example of the Colonel custom was the case of John William Stoll Jr. of Lexington, Ky., whose father is a potent banker. John William Stoll Jr. became a Colonel on the staff of onetime (1915-19) Governor Augustus Owsley Stanley at the age of two weeks...
...differences between the two, which will no longer be forgotten upon a trampled gridiron, are these; men may enter West Point at any age from 17 to 22; at Annapolis, 20 is the maximum entrance age. At West Point a man who has played football at another university may continue to play; at the Navy three years of collegiate football is the limit for any player. Though the Annapolis enrollment is 50% larger than West Point the Army has the advantage, has beaten Annapolis with more than fair frequency in recent years...