Word: broads
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...argued that that race is best which has evolved farthest from an apelike ancestor, some curious champions appear. The narrow, prominent noses of Armenians are least like the broad, flat noses of apes. Negroes have the thickest, therefore the most "human" lips as contrasted with the thin lips of apes. Apes are hairy; Mongols have the least hair. Apes have small brains; Eskimos have big ones...
...fame spread to James ("Big Jim") Colosimo, then Chicago's No. 1 brothel operator. He hired Torrio as head triggerman shortly after the War. Torrio's marksmanship and disarming personality made him a Colosimo favorite. To help him in his work, Torrio imported from Brooklyn a broad-shouldered, scarfaced Italian named Al Capone. Torrio taught Capone how to kill. Every night they accompanied Colosimo to the opera. The three became close friends...
...finish 20 yards in the lead. Negro Jesse Owens won the sprint medley for Ohio State by dodging through 13 other runners, passing six, giving his anchor-man the opportunity to beat Pennsylvania's smooth-striding Gene Venzke. Next day Sprinter Owens won the 100-metre dash, the broad jump...
...Broad Background...
Those entering the Department must consider this distinction carefully. It a broad musical background is desired, the field can be rated as adequate, especially with a complete reorganization which is being planned for next year. The tutorial is handled in an informal undisciplined fashion and the initiative of the student is important if he is to benefit from this valuable and essential part of the work. In general, the field may be rated as fairly easy, with the reservation that an interested student can do a lot of hard work...