Word: besting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...basis of the election, one Republican seemed best qualified at the moment to speak. Said New Jersey's Driscoll: "One thing that riles me is this talk that the Republican Party mustn't be a 'me-too' party. It all depends on what you're me-tooing. If it's the Ten Commandments, then 'me too.' If it's the Preamble to the Constitution, then 'me too.' If it's a strong national defense without wasting money, then...
...Lehman and O'Dwyer." Said beaming Harry Truman: "It certainly is a most happy evening." The Old Man, Too. While the ladies whooped it up, the President launched into a few appropriate, off-the-cuff remarks. "Every woman in the great state of New York has done her best," he said with a bow to the assembled members of the Women's National Democratic Club. "That means she's gone to the polls and had the old man go too ... I will tell you that 2% more women vote than...
After eight games, the best eleven football players from Cambridge have yet to play 60 minutes as a unit. This condition will continue this afternoon. John Coan, strong side guard, will probably see little action; Chief Bender, strong side tackle, is recovering from a persistent leg injury and will not play full time today; Hal Moffle, wingback, has been out for the last week and a half...
...longer the best. This year we are nowhere near the best, as has been made painfully clear in Cambridge as well as New Haven by some good teams and some that are not so good. But whenever we get together the game comes alive: slow men run fast, fast men just plain take off. Harvard-Yale games are never dull, and this one--with both teams emphasizing offense--will be busy enough for all but the masochists...
...concensus was best expressed by Red Smith of the New York Herald Tribune, who telegraphed the CRIMSON, "Unable to see how either team can win but wish both success...