Word: elder
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Scandinavian 102b. The Heroic Poems of the Elder Edda. Half-course (spring term). Mon., Wed., and (at the pleasure of the instructor) Fri., at 10. Professor Magoun...
Though good neighbors and better friends, Secretary of State Byrnes and Elder Statesman Baruch had differed over emphasis on abolition of the veto in atomic matters. Baruch had insisted that it must be abolished; Jimmy Byrnes did not think it was all-important. Now Warren Austin would execute the policy, taking his cue from Byrnes...
Several of golf's elder statesmen, including ex-Champion Gene Sarazen, have predicted that Ellsworth Vines will one day become U.S. golf champion.* In his shaky beginning last week, Vines looked as if he had some distance still to go. He finished 15 strokes behind the winner. Said he: "Somehow, there don't seem to be more than two or three good tennis players at one time . . . but golf is different. You must whip an awful lot of fellows to get on top." Some of the "awful lot" were among the 130 who teed off at Los Angeles...
...Yardling aggregation setting the style for their elder brothers, topped the Bruins 44 to 31 earlier in the evening. But here Milton Brier of the foe breast-stroked his 200 yard way for a time of 2:32.9 and the record mark of the first year Providence visitors...
Standout performers for Coach Green are the brothers Gale, a pair of huge, talented operatives. Bob, who measures six foot five, was the leading scorer in the Ivy League four years ago, while Jim, an inch shorter, is regarded as just a shade less proficient than his elder brother. These two lads are dwarfed by one Ed Peterson, a six-foot-nine-inch performer who was previously used as a reserve, but may start at center against the Varsity...