Word: dubs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Generally credited with having done more to popularize the doctrine of Evolution than any other man, Huxley was not a scientist of Darwin's stature, was well content to dub himself "Darwin's bulldog." He had other claims to renown. In biology and paleontology he became one of the foremost groundbreakers...
...shame wrought up by "Fugitive from a Chain Gang," has had more coals heaped upon her by its sequel, "Road Gang." We are a bit skeptical about the horrors of Georgia state prison camps, as "Road Gang" paints them, but if they are authentic, we do not hesitate to dub it one of the most dramatic--yes, gripping--frame-up stories of the year. The movie is good blood-and-thunder stuff: political muckraking, frame-ups, jail-breaks, murder, the lash, electrocution. The action moved so fast we forgot all about the possible exaggerations and errors, all except one little...
...pound class--Robert L. Green, Jr. '39 defeated Walter DuB. Brookings...
...shapes up as the speed boy of the league, carrying the ball. Winthrop and Dunster both came near scoring several times more, Dunster's best try being on an 80 yard run by John D. Barnes '37 who was nailed on the five yard line by Walter Dub. Brookings '37. The half ended before further scoring chances were possible...
...odds were a mistake. The stocky, 38-year-old Birmingham dentist who was his opponent in the final won the championship in 1927. An awkward stylist who plays his shots like a dub trying to cure a slice, with his left foot far in front of him, William Tweddell was able enough last week to finish the morning round only three down. In the afternoon Little kept him waiting at the tee and then out of embarrassment at this faux pas began to play sloppy golf. The doctor started creeping up and at the 30th hole, the match was even...