Word: blowings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...deputy asked Premier Prince Konoye if Japan is reasonably sure to have won the war before 1940, when she is to be host to the Olympics. "I am unable to say definitely," hedged the Premier. "We must plan for the worst. The immediate problem is to deliver a final blow to China and end the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek...
...catching up on my loafing at the Met when along comes this flicker which one and all are referring to as "A Slight Case of Murder." I open up my peepers and wonder whether I will feel blow-hot-blow-cold about this one like I am about its co-feature which I have just waded through--an operatic affair dubbed "Romance in the Dark," which has somewhat to do with two Johns called Boles and Barrymore and a Gladys whose last handle is Swarthout. I make a note that I will give that one the bird in my review...
Boasting of the only alto glockenspiel of college bands in the East, the Tiger band is going to be augmented by two Aida trumpets borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera House. Heralds with the proper ceremony will blow a triumphant fanfare with these trumpets before each Princeton game...
...gift to Harvard pugilism is big Henry Lamar, present mentor of all boxing activities, and junior varsity football coach. Under his careful supervision, boxing here has risen from almost complete insignificance, to be one of the most popular of minor sports. Even after the sport suffered a knockout blow last spring when further intercollegiate matches were banned, it has continued to draw a surprising amount...
Although for a number of years people have been waiting for the storm of skiing to blow itself out, that sport has upset the dope by becoming more and more popular despite every trick of the weather. New with the announcement that Norwood Cox will give expert instruction over the coming weekends to anyone at Harvard who joins the squad, skiing is already showing sings of struggling to its feet as a recognized Harvard sport...