Word: behind
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reference by certain people that the Scouts are a reserve behind the national arms does not give reason for putting an article about the Boy Scouts under "Army & Navy." The Boy Scouts of America is an independent organization, no more connected with the army and navy than the Y. M. C. A. or the church...
Women told President Coolidge last week what he should do so that posterity might rank his name along with Lincoln's.. The deed essential for such fame was his getting behind the proposed Lucretia Mott Amendment (giving women equal rights with men) and securing its passage by Congress. So said a delegation from the "National Woman's Party, guests at the Summer White House. State laws which "restrict the economic freedom of women" are objectionable, said Miss Gail Laughlin, lawyer of Portland, Me., first vice chairman of the Party. It took men long years of fighting...
...speed, speed!" he said. "That is the key which shall unlock all the knowledge to us."to as he sped off to a conclusion which left science far behind...
...equip them with a string of 45 international mounts. They travel as a unit, not, as in former years, a group of individual star players. The manager, Col. H. A. Tomkinson, said: "This will be a team and not just four players. ... All of England is behind us and it is a united effort All the players are fit and well and quite ready to begin playing fast games as soon as the ponies are in condition." The men-Maj. Eric G. Atkinson (captain of the team), Maj. Austin H. Williams, Capt. Claude E. Pert, Capt. Richard George, Lieut. Humphrey...
Writing in a medley of moods, Author Raucat places the reader behind each of his characters in turn. The result is a set of complete reactions?everyone's viewpoint is defined. Mildly mocking, Author Raucat describes the festivities surrounding the arrival of the European at the pleasure resort. Says the stationmaster: "As a favor to my guest I offered to weigh him on the baggage scales. What a figure he made the arrow jump to! It exceeded the maximum weight authorized for a piece of passenger train baggage; we burst into cries of admiration. Next I weighed myself; and then...