Word: core
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Barnaby weeded and seeded for this spring's harvest last spring and this fall. Now, on the University's newly constructed Soldiers Field courts, his tending is bearing fruit. Vince Brandt, Ted Backe, Bill Wightman, Steve Pratt, Bud Ager, and Ted Bullard are the core of his growing attack, with Pratt still progressing...
...Core of the Freshmen's power events against Exeter: In the mile, White (4:47.8), Rosen, Pankey; in the 440, Walsh (54.6), Welch; in the hammer, Kaplan (157 ft., 5 in.), Murphy, Stromsted; in the discus, Kaplan (121 ft., 8 in.), Howard, Keith; in the javelin, Keith (151 ft., 2 in.), Howard; in the shot, Keith (47 ft., 6 1/2 in.), Howard...
...With a core of 25 charter members, the Security committee states, "A strong America is necessary to secure a lasting peace and to the preservation of our democratic ideals...
After Tom Pendergast got his grip on the city administration, its seamy side got much more national attention than its solid core of respectability and its increasing commercial importance. During Pendergast's reign, the town was a free-&-easy capital of grifters, gamblers, gangsters and striptease grinders. In no other city in the U.S. were vice and gambling so well protected. When the Boss needed money, his boys put a deeper bite on the brothel-keepers, bookies and crapshooters. Tom Pendergast, who made his town a trap for suckers, turned out to be one of the biggest suckers himself...
Harper is worried that his Jayvee battery may have to plug the holes in a weakening Varsity lineup this afternoon. Langdon Clay, most imminent prospect for varsity relief pitching, Johnny Davis, and Roger Hanson, both hampered by sore arms and backs, form the core of his pitching attack. Webby Durant will catch...