Word: breakers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...being used as a red herring by some of the New Deal opponents." ¶ Senator Vandenberg of Michigan: "I do not see where he can find his 'Charlie McCarthy' with personal power enough to stand any show of perpetuating the dynasty. So, as a jovial precedent-breaker, I expect him to try himself." ¶ Senator Holt of West Virginia: "I am sure that those who supported the La Follette anti-third-term resolution during the Coolidge Administration will be very glad to support a similar resolution now." ¶ Cartoonist Norman (William Norman Ritchie) of the Boston Post, more...
Still smarting from the heart-breaker North Carolina administered in the form of a 5 to 4 defeat, Coach Harry Cowles' tennis players left yesterday to meet Princeton in Tigertown. Hauck, Burt, Lowman, Gilkey, Captain Sulloway, and Palfrey will probably play, although the order of the last three and the doubles pairings is undecided...
...that she should shake the call of duty to her career and her family. His main hurdle lies in showing her what leeches and rodents are her family, which she keeps in antiques and good liquor. Success is his, by means of a rousing drunk, Hollywood's perennial ice-breaker, which occupies most of the picture...
Oustanding success of eligible I.C.4-A. contenders this winter points to perhaps the finest meet in I.C.4-A. history. Ben Johnson, Columbia captain, sensational record-breaker in the Millrose games, has twice scored I.C.4-A. doubles in the 60-yard sprint and broad jump indoors...
...Rabbits from Leverett House provided the season's biggest surprise by going through four games undefeated and unscored upon before losing a heart-breaker to Kirkland. Tackle Bill Daughaday and punter extraordinary Bill Heywood have been important cogs in the defense, as also have been Chip Harkness and Art Haussermann, while the "third Bill," Bill Spang, was the chief offensive threat. An injury received in the Dudley game benched this shift spinning back for the rest of the season, a severe blow to the team...