Word: frayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...clean living" and "the whole truth," would offer any competition to their own flashy news columns. They knew that if money could sharpen this competition, Macfadden had millions. They knew that he "expected to make a few million dollars for myself and associates" and would therefore force the fray. They realized that if The Graphic turned out successful, many another such sheetlet would sprout forth in the land, being cheaper to produce than any gum-chewers' delight ever evolved...
Last week, occupied mostly in organization and preparation for the fray, saw the crystallization of the first important elements of the campaign. These are simple, fundamental. They comprehend three distinct matters, each with a significance of its own. They...
With the question of Republican nomination settled by the coming of the Republican Convention, the Democrats had the field of conjecture all to themselves. Candidates rushed about, hurriedly grooming themselves for the fray...
...Conn., June 13.--When the sun set across the Thames this evening it left behind nine disappointed crew managers and mechanics and nine elated waiters, For the bash-slingers had just won a glorious victory on the diamond, to the surprise of the whole camp, which watched the fray from safe points of vantage in the coaches' cottage and the screened in dining room of the first crew...
...most probable opponent. Lyon has by far the better record, but Coach Slattery expects Brown to surprise the Soldiers Field bleachers. In practice, he has failed to show the lack of control that marred his early season hurling, and his performance in the closing innings of the Holy Cross fray on Saturday, coupled with his twirling in the second Brown game the week before makes Coach Slattery court on him as one of the most effective of his pitching staff...