Word: frayed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Chief James Aloysius Farley, generalissimo of politics and potent Elk, rushed once more into the fray and won for the Man of the Year the battle...
...Flynn, ably impersonated by swashbuckling George Houston, does not care particularly which side he fights on so long as he is in the fray. His worldly assets, he believes, are his Castle Famine and a motley handful of loyal bog-trotters. There are tales that the castle is the hiding place of treasure, but he does not take them seriously until a credulous banker offers to lend him money on the security of the unfound trove. Meantime. The O'Flynn has enlisted on the side of William of Orange, only to fall in love with a noblewoman. Lady Benedette Mount...
...City Water Department, their entry into the fray comes as a distinct surprise. New excavations recently appeared on Quincy Street above the Union, so that everyone thought the Department was going to concentrate on digging up that boulevard, which was recently successfully repave through the efforts of the same outfit. But early yesterday morning, they sneaked around to the other side of the Yard, where seen two nice, six-foot deep holes appeared in the sidewalk behind Straus Hall
...matter of fact, that "bookie" was over pessimistic. New Hampshire is a fine, smooth-working unit that did unexpectedly well against Dartmouth a week ago, but the Crimson on paper at least, has every reason for coming out on top in tomorrow's fray. But the significance of that bet remains: Harvard football is "on the skids" as far as the spectator is concerned, and the only thing that can stop it from sliding into a season of shame is a victory over Eli Yale. Thus it is that Eddie Casey is already concentrating all his efforts and those...
...triumphant Harvard, the assault has at long sad last become a trite ritual. Last week the H.A.A. News dismissed the destruction of the posts as a manifestation of that old demon rum, and pointed with pride to the fact that very few of either student body engaged in the fray...