Word: fight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hopes of capturing its fourth victory from Yale in as many years, the University basketball team will board the train for New Haven at 1.05 o'clock this afternoon, prepared to-give their opponents a strong fight, even though it is greatly handicapped by injuries. The two fresman teams will play at 7.30 o'clock as a preliminary, and the final contest betwen the University teams will probably start about an hour later...
Looking eastward, residents of the Mississippi Basin saw another spectacle, at Washington. After months of wrangling, a committee of the House last week reported a flood-control measure to Congress. But the smoke of conflict, instead of trailing away, was just beginning to thicken. "The greatest fight this session" instead of a national necessity was what Congress was prepared to supply...
...difference between the administration's figure and that of the House Flood-Control Committee was just $183,000,000. As the "greatest fight" began, and the "superflood" abated, citizens wondered what part of a 183-million-dollar stumbling-block should be scored against...
...Germany. Such union is believed by many economists to be vital to the commercial survival of Austria. It could be made unnecessary by moving the League to Vienna. But Germans want Anschluss, want to absorb Austria. Therefore Germany, with a Council Seat on the League, may be expected to fight tooth and claw any move to move the League...
...points to its credit. The Hanoverian dark horses were able to romp home with 30 1-2 points, while the Red and White Ithacans trailed with 26 1-2 points. The meet abounded in great performances and two new records were set. Second only to the great uphill fight made by Kane in the relay, after he had previously broken his own Triangular meet record in winning the 600-yard run in one minute 16 and four-fifths seconds, came Haggerty's record breaking performance in the 1000-yard run, which he navigated in two minutes 20 and two-fifths...