Word: grandstanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...counterclaim for a $139,045 refund on that return, based on an assertion that he had not reported all his philanthropies. Last week spry Counsel Hogan's chief job was to tackle government counsel as it attempted to dart out of bounds on what looked like purely grandstand plays. Once the Government's Chief Counsel, Robert Houghwout Jackson,* tried to prove that Mr. Mellon had bought stocks by way of the famed J. P. Morgan preferred list. Up bobbed Counsel Hogan to cry "Irrelevant!" His objection was sustained. Again Counsel Jackson devoted an elaborate series of questions...
...football may suffer the same fate as baseball which "lost prestige when college administrations attempted to compromise between amateurism and professionalism." Those who have had relations with Mr. Bingham have always realized that he placed more emphasis on the needs of the players than on the desires of the grandstand. Now, however, he is bringing out reasons why a so-called professional coach will not react favorably on the gate receipts. It is indeed encouraging to realize that he is not for a compromise in his selection, let alone a surrender...
ROYAL WEDDING - Comfortable covered GRANDSTAND, Seats to view Royal Procession, including lunch at the Ritz Hotel, available. - Write L. N. J., 7526, "Morning Post...
...furlong straightaway that cuts diagonally across the main track at Belmont Park, N. Y. a brown belt of mud as 14 2-year-olds were saddled for the richest race in the world, the $100,000 Futurity. At the start, almost out of sight of the grandstand, Rosemont took the lead. Balladier, Chance Sun and Plat Eye caught Rosemont as the field crossed the main track. Then Joseph E. Widener's Chance Sun shot out ahead, opened a gap of four lengths between himself and Colonel Edward R. Bradley's Balladier by the time they reached the finish...
Last week, 16 of the best drivers in Europe whizzed across the starting line in tiny bug-shaped cars. Four hours and 45 minutes later, the winner, Italy's Fagioli. crossed the finish line in front of the grandstand where 50,000 people were shouting loud enough to drown the sound of the cars roaring in behind him. His time, in a Mercedes shaped like a blunt crochet-hook with a notch for the driver's seat, averaged 105 kilometres an hour, 70 kilometres slower than his winning speed over the old course last year...