Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...conclusion be hazarded several remarks on the coming election. "The Fast is going to return to the Republicans, and I think the West will...
Coach Muir of the Freshmen is gradually rounding his charges into shape although there is a marked dearth of outstanding material available. All the Yardlings are improving fast, however, and in Bill Bixby, Muir sees a sure point winner in the breast stroke events...
...toast for supper. C On Thanksgiving, 1925, Roy Olmstead, Seattle policeman, was caught redhanded docking a load of liquor from British Columbia. During Prohibition he had served practically all of Seattle's rum-running "mother boats" with speed boats which brought their cargo to shore on schedule. His fast launches were said to have got their cues from his wife who, as "Aunt Vivian," broadcast bedtime stories over a private radio station. Convicted, Olmstead was sentenced to four years in prison, fined $8,000, assessed court costs. The sentence long since served, he has turned religious, become a Christian...
Because British warriors on horseback have not lost their effectiveness against Indian tribesmen, the Indian Army will retain cavalry until 1939, but elsewhere British cavalrymen will exchange their bridles for handle bars or steering wheels, their whips for monkey wrenches, as fast as the whole new program of creating "mechanized cavalry" can be put through. For swank British cavalrymen that meant no more polo, unless they switch to motor-cycle polo. The social implications of this order burst last week like so many bombs in the messes of cavalry units slated for almost immediate mechanization: the King's Dragoon...
First five to show its skill was Purdue. Breaking fast and shooting with sure accuracy, it piled up a lead of nine points in two minutes as snippy Coach Ward ("Piggy") Lambert smiled on the bench, confident that his scouting in Manhattan the week before had uncovered N. Y. U.'s weaknesses. His smile was premature. Gradually gaining momentum, N. Y. U. bunched up on their opponents, slowly whittled the gap between them. At halftime, they were six points behind. Then they opened up. Netting the ball from every angle on the floor, they tied the count, pushed ahead...