Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What with the hundreds of open stalls for big dogs and closed stalls for little ones, the show took up most of the Hall. We weren't quite sure why they boxed in the little hounds. Either they are uniformly vicious little dogs or their loving owners suspected that Boston dignitaries were not above shoplifting a champion Chihuahua to show the folks back home...
While the states are claiming the federal government is trying to grab its land, other people are saying that state ownership is merely a land grab by big business. This is not true, for the business arrangements in the federal bill are identical with those of the states. Oil rights to an area of land are leased to the highest bidder, bids later being made public; and when oil is struck, the owner of the land receives a royalty, usually one-eighth. The preference of business for state control stems from a fear of a disruption of the industry...
...usual the yardlings will go into a big game without enough practice behind them. However, the Crimson defense will be back at its old strength because Captain Dusty Burke has returned to his regular defense position. Furthermore, since the Belmont Hill game he has managed to remove the rust he accumulated while his collar bone was broken...
Lethargy was the big Harvard ailment. During the first half the quintet showed no ability at all under either basket, while the Terriers, sparked by Daly and Winkler, took control of the ball after almost every shot. At one time, BU led by 21 points...
...Tigers kept down the scoring, but the varsity sextet successfully opened the season's Big Three hockey with an easy 5 to 3 win at Princeton Saturday night...