Word: champion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Above all, there were the endless words of praise for the departed, well larded with excuses for his weakness. "It was not so much that the principles of the League were rejected," mourned its ancient champion, 81-year-old Viscount Cecil, "[as that] the governments seemed to think all they needed to do was to give . . . tepid approval...
...clutch and gear shift changed the tempo from foxtrot to waltz. The boys in the band unanimously agreed that the mechanical Krupa "sounded like hell." But most of the dancers in the small Minnesota and South Dakota towns were willing to settle for a steady beat. Its strongest champion is the proprietor of the Lyon County (Minn.) dance pavilion, where the band plays Friday nights. Said he last week: "The electric drum doesn't drink or smoke, doesn't try to date my waitresses, and doesn't come in late...
...Cubs, who hadn't fattened their 1945 roster much except for pitching. Manager Charlie Grimm would still have Batting Champion Phil Cavarretta...
...other team members who will receive the Major Basketball H are Paul W. Champion NROTC '46, John D. Clark '48, Louis Decai, Jr. NROTC '46, John W. Gautt '47, Wyndol W. Gray NROTC '46, captain, Saul Mariaschin '47, Donald B. Swegan NROTC '46, and Henry D. Souvain '46, manager...
Thirty hungry fight managers (including ex-featherweight, lightweight, welterweight champion Henry Armstrong) have been twisting Foxworth's arm to get him to sign up. But Sailor Bob, who earns a piddling $30 a week as a janitor in an East St. Louis nightclub, wasn't buying any just yet. He intends to go back to studying physical education at the University of Wisconsin, put more weight on his rawboned frame, and turn pro when he is good & ready. Says Foxworth, who never seems to be in much of a hurry: "My family matures rather late in life...