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Word: dempsey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...development, and the remaining cost of $153,000,000 would be divided between the U. S. and Canada. Action. The Army engineers' report on the New York route was adverse on economic grounds. But last week two reports from higher experts in the War Department were favorable. Representative Dempsey (N. Y.), Chairman of the Rivers and Harbors Committee, had expected these reports to be favorable when he made ready, last week, to present to Congress the rivers and harbors appropriation bill. Tacked to this 40-million-dollar bill as a somewhat disproportionate rider was a provision, involving an ultimate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: Inland Channels | 4/5/1926 | See Source »

Other speakers at the meeting will be Assistant Dean Elliott Perkins '23, Coach Dempsey, and Captain Tudor of the Freshman hockey team: J. L. Pool '28, chairman of the Freshman Election Committee, who will read the results of yesterday's elections of class officers; and the newly elected president of the class. W. I. Nichols '26, chairman of the Committee on Freshman Affairs, will introduce the speakers. Music will be furnished by the Gold Coast Orchestra, refreshments will be served, and special "1929" cigarette trays furnished through the cooperation of Arthur's, Inc. The meeting will end promptly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE GRADUATE WILL SPEAK AT 1929 SMOKER | 2/25/1926 | See Source »

...moment it is a trifle depressing. Suzanne and the Baron came down like wolves on the fold and whipped us to a standstill, 6-1, 6-2. It was a terrific, savage match. We played our best, every stroke. The reporters said C. F. looked like Jack Dempsey smashing away at the net with his jaw way out. And that I was pale with concentration. Perhaps I was foolish to change from driving to lobbing against Suzanne, but it seemed best at the time. She was like a silk whirlwind in a salmon pink sweater. She talked constantly, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Helen's Week | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

...Exeter line-up today. The first-year forward line has shown a marked improvement in the last two games and with its speed and drive should penetrate the schoolboy defense frequently this afternoon. Jackson has been stopping shots in front of the Freshman net in good style and Coach Dempsey has an able reserve in Traynor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1929 HOCKEY SIX FACES EXETER ON FOREIGN RINK | 2/6/1926 | See Source »

...greater a man is, the sooner he may fall. And great men, especially in athletics are just curiosities. The public wants to see them once, and that's usually all. We may take grange's recent visit to Boston as a good example of that. Bill Tilden and Jack Dempsey had no success in the movies, and neither will Grange, unless he should prove to be an exceptionally good actor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRO FOOTBALL NO RIVAL TO COLLEGE SPORT--CORBETT | 1/19/1926 | See Source »

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