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...brunt of the game fell on Vint Freedley, who time and again single handed withstood McGill charges which had penetrated the Crimson defense. At the most, only two of the McGill tallies can be blamed to failures at the not, and Freedley undoubtedly prevented a complete rout...

Author: By Peter Dammann, | Title: PUCK SQUAD DEFEATED BY SPEEDY CANADIANS | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

...Crimson line, Soule at right guard, Tudor Gardiner at left right guard, and Wood at left tackle will feel the brunt of the Dartmouth attack. John Dimeff and Sears hold down the starting end posts and Sheldon Dietz is entrenched in the center post...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAMAR'S JAYVEE SQUAD SET FOR INDIAN TILT | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...Women. Not only were Britain's women taking the major part in Britain's social reorientation, they were taking the brunt of it. The men were in the Army or the Government or carrying on in essential businesses, for the time being socially fixed. With the women it was different. Many thousands of British working women found themselves suddenly out of work as business and industry adjusted themselves to wartime conditions. Thousands of maids and nurses lost their jobs, now that so many families were dislocated. Small factories shut down in fear of bombs, although many, particularly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: After Boadicea | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...Bill Brown in the B backfield who bore the brunt of the shock troops' sole successful sally. Following a 17-yard dash, Brown carried again in from the 11 for the score. Frazier Curtis place-kicked for the extra point...

Author: By Sheffield West, | Title: CRIMSON VARSITY SHINES IN NINTH DAY OF CONTACT | 9/29/1939 | See Source »

...Counsellor in American History in Adams House last year, Hicks was the brunt of numerous attacks by alumni, local politicians, and the metropolitan press. The University's refusal to give Hicks a permanent appointment following his one year term caused an equally intense stir in undergraduate circles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hicks Leaves Communist Party; Resigns Post on "New Masses" | 9/26/1939 | See Source »

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