Word: champion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tall, teacherish shamrock waver from Dublin did not rise to oppose the entry of Russia. He endorsed it but rose to champion the idea that the few small nations still opposed should be invited to air their views in open assembly. Shaking a bony finger at his pet aversion, British Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon, and at M. Barthou, the Free State's de Valera cried: "The whole question of procedure should be properly considered, instead of in hotel rooms. . . . What is it reasonable for Russia to expect? She naturally wants to assure herself before applying for membership that...
...unemployed carpenter in the final of the British Amateur at Prestwick last spring (TIME, June 4). Last week in Brookline Golfer Little had, as usual, been driving the ball 250 to 260 yd. Among other able opponents, he had beaten young Willie Turnesa, who had eliminated the defending champion, George Terry Dunlap...
...three young hopefuls most mentioned as candidates for next year's Davis Cup team are red-haired Donald Budge, Junior Champion Gene Mako, and Coach Mercer Beasley's prize protege Frank Parker. Yet last week not one of them lasted beyond the quarterfinals...
...Luigi Beccali, Italy's Olympic champion at the 1500-metre distance, a group of 50 Italian athletes will display their wares in the Harvard Stadium and compete against leading athletes from all over the country on October...
John Gilbert Winant, Republican Governor of New Hampshire, for many years a champion of measures to shorten working hours, set minimum wages, provide workmen's compensation, forbid child labor...