Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The merits of the nominees were another matter. Along with Chief Justice Hughes, Mr. Stimson ranks as a leading contender among U. S. Elder Statesmen: a Yaleman, Skull and Bonester, Harvard lawyer, understudy of the late, great Elihu Root, he had not only had a lucrative law practice but had...
Having hung up a record-breaking score in its last three meets, the rapidly improving rifle team will be a strong contender for the title at the New England Tournament, March 29 at New Haven, according to a statement yesterday by Captain James W. Cooper '41.
Captain Bus Curwen, of the Yardlings will be the Crimson's strongest contender in the free-style events, while Sandy Houston is the '43 team's breastroke standout.
In the 1940 GOPresidential scramble, big problem of Messrs. Arthur Vandenberg and Robert Taft has been not to let young Thomas Dewey get too far ahead. For many a week Candidates Taft & Vandenberg have relied comfortably on their advisers' assurance that "Buster" Dewey was a natural for the Vice...
In addition, two New England A. A. U. and two Massachusetts titles will be decided tonight. The men's 150-yard backstroke, in which Yardling Bill Drucker is entered, and the men's individual 300-yard medley are the state competitions. Mike Brody, Frannie Powers, Bob White, and Rog Wilcox...