Word: fronts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hoover and his astute Attorney-General had cast about for a successor to Mrs. Mabel Elizabeth Walker Willebrandt. Candidates there were galore from every State but the President's requirements were high: a thoroughgoing Dry, possessed of a sound legal mind and ample industry, beyond the influence of front-page publicity. Such a man Mr. Mitchell told President Hoover he would find in Mr. Youngquist. Acceptance of the appointment followed only after long persuasion, for Mr. Youngquist had aspired to become Minnesota's next Governor...
...Connecticut kept shifting his long legs nervously. His well-cut white head was bent forward; his eyes strayed toward Senator Norris, dropped, scanned the chamber. Senator Jones of Washington glanced up from the workaday stack of books and papers on his desk. Senator Johnson of California in the front row swung his red chair halfway round to watch. His colleague, Senator Shortridge, folded his long arms with stately dignity across his narrow chest...
Football is not the simple sport that it used to be. An intersectional game today involves special trains, hide-outs for pre-game rest, newspaper reporters and front page publicity. A too well traveled team smacks highly of advertising and of gate receipts. But like all good things, there is safety in moderation. The fanfare and beating of drums in Ann Arbor today reflects the spirit-of youth; out for the conquest of football foes and the winning of new friends...
...noted previously, there is no padding to break the fall. After the ball is down, eight men of each side lock arms, in a close formation or "pack", and shove directly against the opposing pack. The ball is thrown between the two groups by the referee, and the front line of each pack tries to hook the ball with the feet and kick it backward through the pack to a back who waits for it. Success in this operation depends upon the power of the pack as a whole to shove hard, and upon the footwork in getting the ball...
...close of the game, even when, as on last Saturday, it is called at two o'clock. The descending crowds have been obliged to grope their way down, and miscalculation on the part of an individual could cause considerable damage not only to himself but to those in front of him. It is to be hoped that the H. A. A. will again show the same spirit of accommodation, and remove this danger by taking the simple and inexpensive precaution of placing lights at judicious intervals along...