Word: brunt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...influenza went the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester, while the Duchess of Kent remained secluded in expectation of her child (TIME, Oct. 19). In their absence H. M. Mary, the Queen Mother, H. M. the King, H. M. the Queen, and H. R. H. the Duke of Kent bore the brunt of what His Majesty in his accession address called the "heavy tasks" of the Royal Family...
Both the schoolboys' scores were made in the first half by Hoague, their star fullback, who led the Academy attack. The brunt of the burden for the Freshmen was borne by Torbet Macdonald, whose passing, running, and defensive work were all that saved the Yardlings from a more overwhelming defeat...
Boiling, fretful excitement, hard work and long hours are a thing of the past in the Tercentenary Office, Lehman Hall, and the U. S. postal agents are carrying the brunt of the remaining work as hundreds of congratulatory letters pour in daily from alumni, faculty, and delegates who attended the Celebration two weeks past...
...this, in spite of the fact that graduation and scholastic difficulties took an almost unprecedented toll among letter men. Among those laid low by probation are Captain Emile Dubiel, who was a stellar end last year, Don Jackson, who bore the brunt of the line bucks, George Blackwood, another back, and Thomas Husband, a line man. In addition to these who were expected back is Leo Ecker, who is still incapacitated by a leg injury suffered in the hockey season last winter...
...business since the proxy fight with Boxmaker Brunt, President Paepcke says, "It's gone along nicely." Blond, athletic, Habsburg-handsome, he lives with his wife and three daughters on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive, weekends at his 600-acre farm on Somonauk Creek outside of Chicago. Mrs. Elizabeth Nitze Paepcke goes in for stage designing for Junior League plays...