Word: behinds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...member of the Legion of Honor. He started by electrifying Porto Rico's wilderness, then Cuba's, Mexico's, Chile's. These were telephone operations, at first, but soon branched into telegraph, cable and wireless communications. The Caribbean master-communicator got the house of Morgan behind him and has lately be come the foremost U. S. promoter, inter nationally, of a foremost U. S. art (the fast message...
...back like the puffy blouses worn by the women who rode in them. Then the later Packards, with the lined hood that still distinguishes them, appeared; gigantic limousines, touring cars like towers, and snorting red racers. The windshields were rimmed with brass; the men who sat bolt upright behind them wore alpaca dustcoats...
Assuming that the lady is right, the matter presents its curious aspects. Perspicacious gentlemen within these borders have long aimed their darts at the Mrs. Grundy they claim to be masquerading behind Uncle Sam's chin-whiskers and new horn-rimmed glasses. After reading the editorial page of Judge one wonders how it ever manages to appear without being suppressed; after glancing at Mr. Mencken's polemics, one feels that the author faces martyrdom every time he sits down to his typewriter. Now the Mexican lady accuses this land of being the home not of liberty, but of license...
...Navy team. The play lasted over an hour. In the first two quarters the first string outfits battled, while during most of the last half, the remaining members of each squad participated. Several spectacular plays were made including two long punts and several runs. The Navy team came from behind during the second quarter and managed to score a goal after a long march down the field. The first teams of each squad lined up as follows...
There are three leading candidates for the position behind the home plate. W. W. Lord '28, who played both in the field and on first base last spring, seems to have a very slight edge over his rivals, E. J. Steptoe '29 and D. P. Donaldson '28. Steptoe and Donaldson are both catchers of considerable experience, and although neither of them has been a regular on the University nine, they are perfectly capable of developing into first rate backstops...