Word: forward
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years ago, when Al Smith ran for President, bellowed at by Alabama's Senator "Tom-Tom" Heflin, who mortally hated & feared the "Pope of Rome,"* Catholicism was brought forward as an issue in U. S. life. There can be no doubt that religious intolerance was a large factor in Al Smith's defeat. Since 1928, Pius XI's U. S. priesthood has got in some good licks on anti-Catholic sentiment. So skilfully have they stimulated U. S. reaction against that year's campaign of whispering and Heffling that the atmosphere has intangibly but perceptibly changed...
...hand, my strength pushed me forward, But now may I only slowly touch the body Whose pain keeps it chained...
What they witnessed was perhaps the most beautiful performance of ski jumping ever seen in the U. S. Slanting through the air, bending forward obliquely from his ankles, Reidar Andersen outjumped all his rivals (193 ft., 197 ft.), so impressed the judges that he was awarded 234.45 points, just 5.55 short of the highest score possible in a tournament...
...Crimson are able to stop the above-mentioned hearties, they will still have to reckon with Vin Else, Broberg's running mate at forward. These two lads played together as Freshmen last year, and they form a fine combination. They function together so well, in fact, that veteran Joe Cottone has been delegated to a second-string position. Else has not collected as many points as his colleague, but he has the uncanny ability to toss in a few baskets just when Broberg cannot find the range...
...cinema industry was occupied with an erratic progression from its beginning in nickelodeons to its last phenomenon, screwball comedies. In 1938 the industry stopped going forward, began going backward. The retrogression took three forms: 1) a series of revivals of old pictures, from The Sheik to Dracula; 2) a series of remakes, from If I Were King to The Adventures of Robin Hood; 3) a series of disguised remakes and delayed sequels like Going Places, The Chaser, Tarzan's Revenge...