Word: dashings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...official tellers rig the count just a little bit, say five or six votes. Nobody else in the Chamber last week liked Félix's suggestion in the least. The frock-coated presiding officer, Monsieur le President Fernand Bouisson, refused to recognize him. When Felix made a dash for the tribune with a briefcase in his hand, President Bouisson, who had adjourned the Chamber for the day, scurried for the door, calling back over his shoulder, "You are out of order, the session stands adjourned...
...Philadelphia's Little Italy some 20 years ago there was a small, shabby theatre where neighbors dropped in to see a bit of drama, a bit of clowning and got for good measure a dash of grand opera. The impresario was Ferruccio Giannini, a tenor who could boast that he had once sung with Patti. At home the Gianninis made music all the time. The mother Antoinetta played the violin. Daughters Euphemia and Dusolina sang. Vittorio played the piano. Son Francis had a cello when he was big enough to wield one. Dusolina Giannini was 9 when she made...
There are, however, a number of good men who will be called on to carry the brunt of the Andover onslaught. First is Bob Gammons in the dash who has bested the endeavors of two Varsity runners in the Handicap Meet when all men were running from scratch. He will be ably seconded by Fred Ulen, the son of the swimming coach...
...yard run there is lanky Al Hanlom whom Jaakko Mikkola has characterized as a brilliant runner. He should be good for a first place without even straining himself. The 300-yard dash is outstanding only for the calibre of the men in it on pro. The blue runners should blaze through here unless Mikkola is forced to call on Hanlon...
...yard high hurdles Bill Schmidt and Dick Hayes are the most probable contenders. Hayes is a letterman while Schmidt was kept out of last year's Yale Meet only by an injury. Schmidt is also entered in the dash where he will receive competition from a host of dashmen, both Freshmen and upperclassmen...