Word: around
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...edict before a single game is played. It is a hysteria of optimism which is not at all uncommon in college football circles. We can recall oh-so-great Yale and surely unbeatable Dartmouth teams of early October, that were gallant, but often beaten outfits when late November rolled around...
...Signs of feverish optimism and long odds are still a long way in the future unless the undergraduate body in general has completely ignored the snags which are so liable to rise in the path of any team undertaking a schedule such as Harvard's. If passing comments heard around Cambridge may be taken as indicative of undergraduate attitude, it is safe to say that the optimism which prevails around these parts, far from bordering on the hysterical, is rather one of hope. And it should remain in this healthy state...
...tried and true letterman, whose line-plunging is well-known to those who saw him in action last fall. As a defensive player he ranks high. Huguley too won his spurs in the 1928 season. To him will fall the punting assignment on the "first string" backfield. Rumors current around the Soldiers Field Locker Building have it that he has been developed into a likely passer, a development which will be followed with interest tomorrow afternoon. His main forte, however, lies in his prowess as on interference runner...
...called Mexican Renaissance, which has occurred with-in the past few decades. Several of Mexico's greatest living artists first went to Paris where they thought they were cubists, surrealists, neo-impressionists. But when they got tired of Art for Art's sake they went home and looked around. They saw that no use was being made of native material. The official artists were but feeble, academic imitators of the Spanish school of Zuloaga. Plainly it was impossible to superimpose Spain on Mexico...
...white ship, one-funnelled, 3,096 tons, 1,800 h. p. (twin Diesels), with a crew of 54 officers and men (including a purser, a doctor). She cruised to the U. S. from Kiel via the Barbados and Havana. This autumn Yachtsman Forstmann will take his family and friends around the world...