Word: facing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wailuku, Hawaii, one Peter Paaina caught a small fish, clapped it into his mouth to remove the hook. The fish squirmed, snuggled into his windpipe. Fisherman Paaina coughed, spat, smote himself upon the back, grew red of face . . . purple, choked, died...
...stroke. Now, after lessons from admirers who had seen she was designed to swim by Nature, she had almost swum the Catalina Channel. She began again her laborious strokes . . . reached the oily shore swells . . . was swept toward a ragged reef . . . caught her footing, stood up, collapsed on her face. . . . The men hoisted her into the rowboat. Her time was 20 hr., 42 min. She had eaten nothing...
...finger* of a medium-sized cask of a man, whom two Mexican "very, very courteous" police sergeants a month ago had escorted out of Mexico, over the Guatemala border?Pasquale Diaz, Bishop of Tabasco, now exile. Newspapermen marveled at how, in the serenity of Catholic priesthood, this man's face had acquired its strained lines of truculence, combat and domination. He is a Jalisco Indian, born 1876 in Guadaljara, Mexico; trained by Jesuits in Spain and France; ordained priest in 1899, bishop in 1923. His face showed no benignity save when he smiled. In the civilian clothes that he wore?...
...Picken at right forward, Hein atcenter, and Vossler at left forward have been the outstanding scorers on the Green squad and will undoubtedly provide plenty of action in tomorrow's game. Although neither of the coaches has announced a definite starting lineup, it is announced that the teams will face each other as they have started in their last major contests. In this case the starting order will be as follows: HARVARD DARTMOUTH Dorn r.f. l.g. Heap Leekley l.f. r.g. Ellis Green c. c. Hein Malick r.g. f. Vossler Barbee l.g. r.f. Picken
Successful candidates are eligible for the position of assistant business manager in their Junior year, and that of business manager in their Senior year. These men have all the responsibilities and face in miniature the same problems as the business heads of a large metropolitan daily...