Word: finality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Putting on a final spurt in the last few minutes of play the United States Naval Academy basketball team managed to squeeze out a 43 to 40 victory over the University squad at Annapolis on Saturday...
...theory the court guards the bankrupt's assets, with all the moral rigor of the U. S. behind it. In practice the judge appoints a supposedly disinterested and trustworthy person as receiver who does the actual work, subject only to final court review. The Federal law fixes the service charges a receiver may make upon the assets, ranging from 6% on $500 or less, down to 1% on $10,000 or more. In effect the creditors pay the receiver from funds they would otherwise get. Thus receiverships are profitable political plums whereby many a lawyer swells his income...
...final period neared its close, the West Pointers resumed the attack and forged steadily ahead to the final score...
...Later this year there will be an official gathering of the nations for a final discussion resulting, it is to be hoped, in a settlement and acceptance. The task facing us here at Harvard is the formulation of a brief which the United States representatives at his last conference may present as their country's attitude and recommendations...
...basketball game that see sawed back and forth from beginning to end Worcester Academy emerged in the lead when the final whistle blew defeating the Crimson Freshmen...