Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...married five years ago. In London he smiled while she pushed through a crowd of welcoming potentates, to grab, hug and kiss her father, a onetime London detective sergeant. Said the prince, beaming upon his wife: "There is no woman who can equal the English blond, and I have chosen the best...
...Shinto priests went to the mountains, selected a grove of hinoki trees, a variety of cedar. The following spring lumbermen in spotless white jackets, chosen for their piety and good character, felled the trees, floated them down the river to Yamada. For nine years every step of the construction from the seasoning of the lumber, the hewing of the beams to the final sweeping of the completed temple followed the fixed unvarying ritual. Every workman, from the humblest coolie to the supervising priest, had to bathe and pray daily, wear a spotless white jacket and shirt each morning...
...first week of December will see the Cercle play in Boston, at some theatre which has not yet been chosen. There is some comment at present concerning the relative value of a modern or a classic vehicle for the club, but a decision will be made shortly...
...four veteran starters the dependable Captain Stollmeyer '30 and J. R. Bland '31 are outstanding. Bland was chosen as all-American half-back on the intercollegiate soccer team of 1928. The loss of E. J. des Roches '31 through injury, W. D. Carter '31 and W. D. Vogel '30, who have left college, and A. S. Rudd, who graduated, will be balanced by the influx of excellent sophomore material. P. J. Catinella '32, H. H. Broadbent '32 and B. B. Kane '32 of last year's freshman team are expected to star for Harvard. The Harvard lineup for today...
...quartet chosen to relieve the starting combination is faster and lighter, with the exception of the fullback. Wood, quarterback, Mays and Charles Devens, halfbacks, and Potter, fullback, comprise this group. The first three were luminaries on last year's Freshman eleven. With such material available, the problem of picking the most powerful backfield will be willingly left to those who have...