Word: america
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...luncheon program, where Dean H.W. Holmes '03, will preside, there will be two speakers, Dr. W. T. Foster '01, Director of the Pollock Foundation for Economic Research, and Professor F. W. Taussig '79, Henry Lee Professor of Economics. Both these men are ranked among America's leading economists...
...Clark '29, captain of the University polo team, now shares the top ranking among intercollegiate polo players, according to the new handicap list made public by the Indoor Polo Association of America. Clark shares the top rating of seven goals with Arthur Borden of Princeton University...
Boston is admittedly a good sports town. For years the city has supported with unfailing faith and loyalty two of the lowliest baseball teams which the major leagues have every held over a long period of time. There is no place in America that goes wilder over hockey Football games and boxing matches draw crowds more enthusiastic than those of larger cities, and the annual fixtures in tennis, golf, and track and field are noted on every social calendar...
...York Times for articles signed by him and duty-pay from the Missouri National Guard in which he is a colonel. For flying from Long Island to Paris he received $25,000 from Hotelman Raymond Orteig of Philadelphia ; for his Good Will flight over Mexico and Central America, $25,000 from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation...
Late in 1927 the two men, eager and friendly, flew across the South Atlantic to Port Natal, Brazil. Thence they hopped about South America. There were official receptions, accolades, photographs. It was noticeable how they jostled each other to get into the front of the pictures...