Word: dueling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...decorate the $1,000,000 certificate was a portrait of William Harris Crawford who served from 1816 to 1825 as Secretary of the Treasury. Born in Virginia in 1772, Crawford moved to Georgia, built a plantation home, "Woodlawn," at Lexington. In 1802 he killed Peter Van Allen in a duel. Four years later in an other duel his left wrist was shattered. The duel was fought at ten paces. His opponent had urged that the combatants be permitted to advance at will up to a distance of five paces and that they continue to exchange shots "until one of them...
Yale added one representative to the combined team which will compete against the Oxford-Cambridge track forces at Stamford Bridge, London, on July 18, when Warner, member of the 1931 Blue Freshman squad, finished three yards ahead of Kollmyer in a quarter-mile duel at New Haven yesterday, with a timing of 50 5-10 seconds...
...captains of industry was the matter with them. Less dignity, harder work, better sales. Let TIME advocate that all directors of companies and all stockholders work to sell goods. Increase sales activity; kill depression. So far as my parking ability is concerned, I challenge Mr. Hutchinson to a parking duel, an acceleration duel, a braking test, a speed test or any other kind of a test known to motoring. And if Mr. Hutchinson thinks the public is no longer interested in old idols, well I can give him the figures on how many people write for my autograph yearly. More...
...Hampshire and visit the sesquicentennial (150 years, in translation) anniversary at Exeter. The Oriental Sage objected to the intrusion of business, emphasizing the fact that he had laid aside his plans to foretell the final scores of the Harvard-Princeton polo match and the Harvard-Holy Cross baseball duel. And here, the Vagabond must confess to a sad outcropping of a little hasty irritation. He wanted to hear President Lowell speak.... he has never missed hearing the President of Harvard since he's been writing copy for the CRIMSON.... and he didn't intend to spoil his record...
...leader will partner with DeVoe when the Crimson and Blue join forces against the Light and Dark Blues at Stamford Bridge, London, on July 18. A broad-jumping duel yesterday between J. M. Morse '34 and W. Hasler '34 resulted in the selection of the former as the Crimson broad-jump representative. Morse covered 22 feet, 6 inches, while Hasler's best effort was 22 feet 1 1-2 inches...