Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The class of 1928 won the class football championship last year, and is the strongest contender for the honor this fall. The Juniors have been defeated once by the Seniors already this fall. If the Juniors win, they will force the Seniors into a tie, assuming that the Seniors win...
I have just read in TIME, July 25, B. M. Manly's criticism of President Coolidge. The criticism from any standpoint is unfair, unjust and partisan. The writer excels in a few outdoor and manly arts, but would no more undertake to ride a "bucking bronco" than he would...
Mr. McLean likes to play golf; has a private course. People suspected that Secretary Voight's job consisted chiefly of playing golf with Mr. McLean and looking after his links. At any rate, Secretary Voight had plenty of time to practice this season, improved his game so much that...
Lake George, a bright blue ribbon some 25 miles long, nestles in an Adirondacks cranny. Visitors are surprised to find its smooth, shadowed waters icy cold and treacherous. Having discovered that much, they must have been amazed recently to learn that it was selected as the place for a marathon...
Cukoschay, once a sailor in the U. S. Navy, has been a rising heavyweight contender ever since he put an end to the so-called "Senegambian menace" that sport writers attached to Harry Wills. He now stands in line in Promoter Rickard's notebook to meet William Harrison Dempsey...