Word: foremost
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...foremost British man-modiste, Captain Edward Henry Molyneux was commissioned to create Princess Marina's wedding dress, but she had fun in Paris buying much of her trousseau last week, heedless of the Empire watchword "Buy British...
...James Ewing, foremost U. S. authority on .cancer, director of cancer research at Manhattan's Memorial Hospital where only cancer is treated, impatiently denounced: "The claim is so improbable, so unsubstantiated, and so unlikely that it is not even worth discussng...
...years, with the help of neighborhood thugs, he had five schools under way. The Government took notice. Bill Morris became a great figure in Argentina, his schools the nation's foremost philanthropy. By last week there were 150,000 Argentine citizens who owed their education to him. In 55 Morris Schools 15,000 urchins were being trained. But the cycle which began in a Boca garret had almost swung full course...
...President himself is the foremost guide of legislation, and the Speaker, if capable, is No. 2. In the 73rd Congress Vice President Garner, rather than Speaker Rainey, was the second most potent fig ure. Nonetheless, the most cold-blooded politician could not take Rainey's passing lightly. The President, truly grieved, an nounced that he would attend Rainey's funeral in Carrollton...
...were defeated by a good-looking young woman from St. Louis named Mrs. G. De Sales Mudd. Mrs. Mudd had enough points (1,771) to win before her rivals began their last round. Slim, tall, with reddish hair and a hungry-looking Nordic face, Russell Hoogerhyde has been the foremost U. S. bowman since 1930. A onetime lifeguard at Michigan beaches, he came by his interest in toxophily when he took a job in Wolverine Archery Co. at Coldwater, Mich. He began entering tournaments in 1929, has only lost one since the 1933 National. He now runs the archery department...