Word: boomerism
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...with it) in the first round last week. In addition to these, there were the members of the British Ryder Cup team, who, badly beaten in their matches against the U. S., were getting back on their games; Leo Diegel, who has won the Canadian Open four times; Aubrey Boomer, British professional of the St. Cloud Club near Paris...
...helplessly for less than a minute; then Camera upset his opponent with a well-aimed right to the jaw. Redmond arose unsteadily at the count of eight, went down and out a minute later under a curving left hook that literally wrapped about his jaw and chin. ¶ Aubrey Boomer. British pro for the St. Cloud Club, near Paris: the French Open Golf championship at Deauville, with a 291. Tied for second were Argentine Thomas Genta, Percy Alliss. British pro for the Wannsee Golf Club, Berlin...
...reorganized E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Co. (explosives). In 1915 he resigned as president, sold his holdings for $14,000,000. In Manhattan he built the Equitable Building (1915), then the world's largest office building; he bought and mutualized Equitable Life Assurance Society. With Lucius Boomer he organized a hotel chain (Manhattan's McAlpen, Waldorf-Astoria, Claridge, Martinique, Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford, Washington's New Willard). In 1916 he was a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination; in 1921 he was appointed U. S. Senator from Delaware by Governor Denny; in 1925 he was elected...
...presi dential candidacy of Senator Hiram John son of California. Disregarding his politi cal pledges, he boldly boomed Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts for the Presidency. It was largely on the strength of his agitation that Governor Coolidge was nominated for the Vice-Presidency. President Coolidge later rewarded his boomer with a nomination to the U. S. Circuit Court. More disturbances followed in the Senate, where the vengeful opposition of Senator Johnson, who had not forgiven Mackintosh's 1920 desertion, was sufficient to keep Nominee Mackintosh off the Federal bench. He was serving as Chief Justice of the Washington...
...race that was run by a Boomer...