Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Big men who are interested in the sport of rugby, and have some knowledge of the technical aspects of the game will receive a hearty welcome from the rugby club it was decided at a general meeting of all voting members held last night. The club, badly depleted by graduation, met to begin planning for the coming winter season...
Shepard limited his own fast-break attack last night in order to take advantage of Rockwell and Smith's fine play beneath the boards. Both big men picked up eight field goals, with Rockwell knocking in rebounds and Smith scoring frequently on his hook shot. The high scorers played most of the way, finally bowing out to Captain Bill Prior and John Stevenson when the game was safely put away...
...odds are very good that this weeding out of fraternity bias will be a long and slow process. There are three big obstacles...
...desire. Worse than this in the long run is the deadening hand of taxes on new enterprises and undertakings and the comparative strength they also give to old established businesses. Freedom to start something now with some chance of success is diminishing year by year. Year by year the big companies are consolidated in their competitive positions. No laws can change this situation so long as the amount and kind of our taxation makes it inevitable...
Lloyd B. Carswell, general manager of the Copley-Plaza, asserted, that a crack Crimson eleven is a "big boost to the hotel business" and that the Copley would give players an edge over other job applicants...