Word: bolstered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...centuries ago an ugly rumor swept Britain. It damned the royal son just born to Queen Mary and arrogant, Roman Catholic King James II as a changeling, slipped into the royal childbed in a warming pan. The rumor was later proved false, but for a while it served to bolster the claim of James's Protestant daughter Mary to a throne which she and her husband William of Orange soon conquered anyway. Spirited off to France, the traduced infant became "the Old Pretender...
...degrees. In 1937, the rules were altered so that a recipient could not be a candidate for honors in a special field in his senior year and had to be recommended by his department. The rules also raised the quality of necessary marks. The Administration hoped the change would bolster regular honor degrees...
Tallbacks Jim Noonan, Phil Bolster, and Jim Kenary were hitting their targets consistently, with Kenary looking particularly effective. The Worcester boy now appears to be recovered from an injury that has hampered him this fall, and he may make his 1948 doubt as a passer in Palmer Stadium...
Sophomore Phil Bolster moved from end to tailback yesterday as Art Valpey scrimmaged his two platoons simultaneously for the first time this season in the mud at Soldiers Field. Valpey termed the practice session, "not very satisfactory...
...switch of Bolster to tailback is permanent. Valpey announced. A 21-year old Sophomore, he has been rotating between third-string Varsity end and Jayvee tailback. He played halfback on the Freshman team last year, and will now operate behind Jimmy Noonan, Chuck Roche, and Jim Kenary...