Word: firms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bancroft has an inclination to buckle, to screw at the finish, and does not always get his hands out properly. Brigham does not set his shoulders firm at the catch, and he lets them give when he takes hold. At times he fails to get his arms straight at the end of the recover. He also has an awkward habit of sticking his elbows out at the finish. LeMoyne is the shortest and lightest candidate, but does his full share of the work; should he part with his faults, he will make an efficient oar Jacobs is doing well...
...Council member is of the firm of McFadden, Sands and Company, Boston cotton merchants, and at the time of his graduation was First Marshal of his class. During the last two years of his undergraduate career Lawrence played on the football team as well as rowing on the University eight. The wide interest in Harvard affairs which he has held since his graduation is shown in the fact that he is a director of the Harvard Alumni Association, and last year at the time of his twenty-fifth reunion, he was chief marshal at commencement...
Said he: "Physically the child has firm, strong muscles; well-formed, well-enameled teeth; breathes deeply and easily; participates in ordinary exercise without fatigue...
...election of Jeremiah Smith Jr. '92 to succeed Dr. Walcott was ratified yesterday at a special meeting of the Board of Overseers, Mr. Smith is a member of the Boston law firm of Herrick, Smith, Donald, and Farley, and was from 1924 to 1926 Commissioner General for Hungary of the League of Nations. At the time of his resignation from this post, he received much publicity through his refusing the check for $100,000 which the Hungarian government pressed upon him. He was nominated this year for the Board of Overseers, but as a member of the Corporation...
Nicaraguan President Adolfo Diaz, recognized by the U. S., has been consistently in such close harmony with U. S. nationals that he obtained last March a loan of $1,000,000 from the Manhattan firms of J. & W. Seligman & Co., and the Guaranty Trust Co. Therefore, last week it was only necessary for Presidential Representative Stimson to be firm with the Liberal faction of Nicaragua, whose President, Dr. Juan B. Sacasa, has been recognized as President of Nicaragua by the Mexican Government and has been declared to be the rightful holder of this office by the Chairman...