Word: comely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much without fighting for it. On the heights of West Akron, where rubber executives live amid a stench diminished but not conquered by distance and altitude, there is an equally firm conviction that the flatland hordes will some day swarm up the hills, looting and shooting as they come. Last week Akron had a taste of trouble...
...Bail of $1,000,000 would not be too much!" boasted his lawyer, as Jimmy Hines produced $15,000 in cash from his pocket and promised to get another $5,000 promptly. "Thousands of decent citizens would come forward to add their share. . . . Why, a few years ago the President of the United States praised Mr. Hines for his humanitarian activities. . . . He's almost an angel...
...never heard of him. When they discovered how well he played the clarinet they suggested that he join them in making a record or two. "Have you ever made records before?" inquired the Budapesters. "Yes, a few," said Goodman, "in fact, I have a band." "Indeed." "Yes, you must come down and hear us some time." But the Budapesters never...
...news of the nine Americans chosen to represent them in the tenth series of Walker Cup matches. †still the No. 1 international event, played this week at famed St. Andrews on the Scottish coast. All golf enthusiasts are well aware that the nearest Great Britain has ever come to putting a dent in the Walker Cup was in 1932 at Brookline, when Briton Leonard Crawley hooked an iron shot to the spot where the big silver trophy was on display, knocked it off its pedestal. This year, however, Britons were talking about the "ascendancy of British amateur golf," were...
...crew experts who hall the Harvard sweepers as sprint champions of the East is the significance of their consistently slow stroke over the short distances. Although the Elis flashed by Cornell to cast grave doubts on the Bollesmen's mythical title, sportsmen are picking the Chace-paced eight to come into its element in the long distance stretch at New London...