Word: assets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Texas Christian, he was named All-America quarterback. Somewhere in his career a particularly idiotic sportswriter named him "Slingin' Sam" because he threw a football as easily and as accurately as a baseballer throws a baseball. Slingin' Sam's nickname has this year been a double asset. Not only does it fit snugly into headlines, but sports-reading opponents, who always expect a pass whenever Sam Baugh has the ball, are disconcerted to find that Sam Baugh is as capable a runner and kicker as he is a passer. In the six games so far this season...
Telling the story of a lady of disrepute who leaps from the oblivion of a Hollywood dive to the magnificence of a Hollywood winter resort, "The Bride Wore Red" gives itself away almost before it starts, so obvious is the plot. In fact the film's greatest asset is the fact that it suffers no illusions as to its own importance. Pleasantly it wends its way, and pleasantly it will affect the cinematic taste of the semi-sentimental moviegoer...
...Relaxation is perhaps the biggest asset a competitive athlete can have...
...distinct asset for any chaplain to be of such athletic build and temperament that he can execute any task assigned to him in the briefest time possible. . . . Military bearing and neatness are extremely significant. Nothing can more quickly destroy an officer's influence and efficiency than untidy habits of dress or deportment. The chaplain's bearing should be smart and alert, his address prompt and to the point... .Some officers, and unfortunately some of them were chaplains, have spoiled otherwise spotless records by saying or doing tactless things. ... It goes without saying that a chaplain should be possessed...
...caused no real surprise at the White House. "Dear Herbert" who a year ago had been so eagerly drafted had not produced in November the votes which were expected. He failed to poll as many votes in New York as Franklin Roosevelt. Having proved a liability rather than an asset his welcome at the White House was not quite so warm, and patronage favors ceased to flow liberally in his direction. Since shortly after the last election Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Lehman have no longer been close friends...