Word: competitor
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Canada particularly is becoming a bigger competitor of America in the world wheat markets; India's surplus is estimated at 90,000,000 bushels, compared with only 9,000,000 last year; the European countries, even including Russia, are showing greater production. The American Farm Bureau Federation estimates the American wheat crop this year at 817,000,000 in addition to a carry-over from the last crop of about 140,000,000 bushels, or almost a billion bushels all told. Our home consumption, including seed wheat, and our exports for the coming year are estimated by the same...
...that a college man although starting four years behind his less schooled competitor would pass him easily when he did start. Now the weary senior who starts out immediately on his career is in the position he once could despise. He is the unschooled one to be passed anon by his former classmates, no matter what his forte...
...shot put Lawler of the B. A. A. and Eastman are rated on a par as the best men, while in the hammer throw Dandrow of the B. A. A. will give Marshall, the nearest competitor, a ten foot advantage. Plansky of Georgetown and Greendige are the scratch men in the javelin throw, while in the discus event Carpenter, Clapp, unattached, and Dandrow of the B. A. A. will all compete with no handicap...
...entries, it is difficult to make accurate predictions concerning the outcome of the meet, or of the places, which the Crimson athletes may be able to win. The California team, which last year captured the title mainly through its strength in the field events, will again be a strong competitor for the championship, but will encounter some very powerful opposition form several of the eastern colleges...
...Competitors are advised that the studies should be thorough, expressed in good English, and, although not limited as to length, they should not be needlessly expanded. They should be inscribed with an assumed name, the class in which they are presented, and accompanied by a sealed envelope giving the real name and address of the competitor. The papers should be sent on or before June 1, 1924, to Professor Laurence Laughlin at the University of Chicago...