Word: bowling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...probably forced the resignation of Lord Lloyd. It was hoped that the Prime Minister's soothing proclamation soon afterward (TIME, Aug. 19) would reassure Egyptians and dispose them to wait until Britannia is ready to dole out their freedom, driblet by driblet. In asking for the whole bowl of porridge at once, last week, rash Prime Minister Nahas Pasha laid himself open to being considered at best an Oliver Twist. The original Oliver, as all remember, was locked up for a week in a "dark and solitary room" by the beef-eating Beadle...
...combined opinions of several hundred sports writers were taken into consideration and even then both Stanford and Southern California failed to figure in the final rating. Southern California the day before the award was made known gave Pittsburgh the worst heating an Eastern team was taken in the Rose Bowl since the Annual New Year's Day games were inaugurated. Stanford just a few days previous had sent the Army back smarting under its worst defeat of the year. However next year will have probably twice as many All-American selections and they'll be just as absurd as ever...