Word: foremost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sided results of the Dartmouth meet make the Crimson harriers seem one of the foremost contenders for the Intercollegiate crown...
During the week yet another international conference, unofficial but momentous, assembled at Romsey, in Hampshire, Eng., under the chairmanship of onetime (1921-22) Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Robert Home. Present to discuss Anglo-German industrial problems in secretive round table fashion were some of the foremost financiers of Britain and Germany: President Evan Williams of the British Mine Owners Association; former Chancellor Cuno, Chairman of the Hamburg-American Line; Sir Hugo Hirst, Chairman of the British General Electric Co.; Dr. Sorge, a director of Krupp...
...Foremost among the factors which seemed to be putting new life in the Crimson clad outfit, was the flashy playing of Putnam who was given the quarterback assignment over Stafford on the eve of the game. Putnam used excellent judgement in handling his assortment of straight bucks, deceptive plays, and short passes, and also proved a big factor in the running strength of the Crimson quartet. Miller also played a bang up game on both offence and defense and it was after his withdrawal in the third quarter on account of injury that the efforts of the University team became...
Signer D'Annunzio, foremost of Italy's poets and World War heroes, spoke outside the canons of Anglo-Saxon good taste but spoke the truth. None the less, Hearst Editor Brisbane, conqueror upon no field of arms, and certainly of no spirit so exalted as the great Duse's, was moved to carp, last week, at Poet Gabriels...
Professor Osterhout, who is one of the foremost authorities in the country on plant life, has written several books on this subject. His best known works are "Experiments with Plants", published in 1905, and the "Nature of Life", which was printed for the first time last year. The author is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Scotland, and of numerous other scientific societies. During the first half of last year, Professor Osterhout was absent from the University, during which time he conducted...