Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...assume that I was anywhere nearly as learned on international relations as Mr. Roosevelt but I do know one thing. Mr. Roosevelt, if he lives as long as most Presidents, won't live much longer, and so has nothing to lose. But I and my friends have to fight the war. In as much as I am single, 23, and ripe for the army, I'd much rather hear a little reverse propaganda on the whole business. Besides I'd rather kiss a pretty girl without joining the army-I might have the pleasure more often...
...Dapper little Publisher Roy Wilson Howard of the Scripps-Howard chainpapers, fresh home from interviewing bigwigs all over Europe, declared that the greatest menace in Europe was the possibility that the French and English people would finally say: "Dear God, if we've got to fight this war, let's do it and get it over with. . . . Too much emotionalism and too little realism are being evidenced in the U. S. toward the entire European situation...
When 25 of the nation's top-notch contract bridge teams sat down in Manhattan's Shelton Hotel last week to fight for the most prized team-of-four trophy in their sport, the Vanderbilt Cup, favorites to win were the famed Four Aces and a team led by Yachtsman Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, the cup donor. The Four Aces had won this annual event four times; Vanderbilt's team had won once, been runner-up to the Aces twice. Ace Oswald Jacoby was so confident that in the first round he bet $100 to $10 against...
Captain Bob Haydock and Bob Partlow should fight it out between them for first place in the high jump, since Husky Captain Danny Miles, a consistent six-footer, is still recovering from an illness and will not compete. The erratic but capable Partlow, who is teamed up with Rock Hollands and Paul Morgan, should also do well in the broad jump. Steve Madey and Andy Rosenberger will pole vault for the Crimson...
During the past week approximately 30 Harvard undergraduates, assisted by substantial delegations from Wellesley and Radcliffe, have assisted taxi-strikers in their fight for a raise in wages...