Word: granded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...France, a big brown three-year-old named Souverain won the Grand Prix de Paris, then crossed the Channel to meet Britain's best in the King George VI stakes last month. It was no contest: Souverain won, eased up, by five lengths...
Following his counsel, I have noted many social implications in the grand parade in and out of the famous Yard. Not the least of them is a sign of disintegration of the individuality and vitality--a loss of color, if you please--in American womanhood...
Died. Thomas ("Tom") Pettitt, 86, British-born, mustachioed grand old man of court tennis; in Newport, R. I. A onetime locker-boy for the first U.S. court-tennis court (in Boston), he taught himself the ancient, highly specialized game (played in large, complicated, enclosed courts, with pear-shaped racquets and complex rules), revolutionized classic court style with his smashing drives ("When I get a fair sight of the ball, I hit it, and I hit it damned hard"). Tom Pettitt made both court-tennis history and legend, in his heyday was reputed to have defeated many an opponent while using...
...Completely refurbished" for the Nth time in its history, and now minus some of the glitter that once added luxury to accommodations for early-day guests, the Old Brunswick remains a Grand Hotel, working full-time, serving as a home for Harvard University veteran-student couples...
Enthusiasm is the keynote among the proprietors of these grand old men of the road. They have only love in their hearts for their Whipets, Pierce Arrows, and classic Lincolns in spite of the harrowing tales of fire and ship wreck they toss off as everyday affairs...