Word: finished
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strong were the nerves of French Fascists that when Socialist Blum drastically decreed suppression of their leagues last week, No. 1 Fascist Colonel François de la Rocque replied that the decree was illegal and would be fought to a finish in the courts. "There are still judges in France!" cried the Colonel, instead of ordering his Fascists into the streets. "From tomorrow we become a political party. If the Government opposes, its action will be equivalent to the proclamation of a Communist and Socialist dictatorship. In this case the Head of the State will have to recognize...
...watching from the plateau on the East side of the river, saw Navy jump off to a quick start, then yield the lead to California. Urchins in rowboats at the two-mile mark saw Navy and California battling for the lead with Columbia third. The yacht flotilla at the finish shrieked wildly as the first shell slid across the line. It was Washington's- whose smart Coxswain Bob Moch had timed a long sprint perfectly through the last mile-with California a length and a half behind, Navy third, and a boatload of Columbia sophomores fourth...
...race fortnight ago, had desperately switched crews, demoting all but two varsity oarsmen nd putting jayvees in their places. Harvard's amiable Coach Charles Whiteside had commented mildly on a lack of interest. His men, he said, came late to practice. The race reversed this situation. At the finish, Yale's varsity came in six lengths behind a smooth rowing Harvard boat whose time of 20:19 for four miles was within five seconds of the upstream course record. Promptly after Harvard had won its fourth race on the Thames in seven years, Coach Whiteside was told that...
Tradition of the Ascot Gold Cup, smartest sporting event of London's spring social calendar, forbids cheering at the finish. Another tradition of the race, 2½ miles over a hilly course, is that U. S.-bred horses lack stamina to win it. Only one to do so was James R. Keene's Foxhall (named after his son, famed Poloist Foxhall Keene...
Because Crooner Rudy Vallée, interrupted by stage and radio concerts, never managed to finish the course he enrolled in four years ago at Boston's Suffolk School of Law, Suffolk last week made Crooner Vallée an honorary Master of Arts at a special presentation. Beamed Suffolk's Dean Gleason Archer: "Rudy will finish his course sometime and go into politics." Next year, elaborated Dean Archer, Crooner Vallée would not only continue his studies but teach radio showmanship, head a new department of radio broadcasting...