Word: generalship
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...starting University lineup is exactly the same as that which constituted team A in the long scrimmage on Tuesday. With Cheek, Crosby, Miller, and Coady for the backfield, the University will have four men who are efficient ball carriers. Cheek at quarterback combines an ability of generalship and a record which shows him to be one of the best ground gainers on the team. Coady at fullback is a reliable kicker and is also a big offensive factor in his running ability. Crosby, the star back of last year's Freshman team, and Miller, the fastest and at the same...
...office in the Department of Justice next in rank to the Attorney Generalship and charged with the duty of handling-most of the Government cases before the Supreme Court (TIME, Apr. 20). * Other fish he did not mention: London Embassy, Berlin Embassy, Attorney Generalship of the U. S., Associate Justiceship of the Supreme Court. (TIME...
Having been in special session for 13 days, the Senate of the 69th Congress was very anxious to get home. With the matter of the Attorney Generalship disposed of, there was not much to keep it. The day after that was finished, the Senate met at noon. Only a few Senators were on the floor. The President sent in 28 new nominations for confirmation. Among them was the name of Thomas F. Woodlock of Manhattan, nominated to the Interstate Commerce Commission. His name had been submitted to the old Senate and not acted upon, principally because the South argued that...
...Senate fought President Coolidge to a standstill; and as the dust settles the result begins to draw interest. Without warning and without protest, John G. Sargent has been raised in a twinkling to the Attorney-generalship. Unexpectedly nominated and immediately approved by the Senate, he is already at work on his new duties. It is, indeed, a relief to find such harmony restored within the administration; but whence is this man to whose appointment there is no whisper of opposition? What is his past record, and what his qualifications...
...Shevlin says that boyhood ambition to excel in athletics was formerly the incentive that led athletes to take up boxing. While these men were young they boxed in the local gymnasium in a keen but friendly manner which developed that instructive knack of ring generalship that is so necessary in the making of a champion. This type of boxer was the product of the city neighborhood athletic club...