Word: graven
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...state? Are men to be ruled by law or by the whims of an individual? . . . We do not bow before giant birds of carved granite or wooden idols with stone eyes, but we have other gods competing with God . . . We may never have bent the knee before the graven image of Hathor. but there is also a graven image in a dollar bill . . . I come here and ask you to use this picture, as I hope and pray that God himself will use it, for the good of the world . . ." Nonetheless, critics and moralists alike were still not prepared...
...second and third singles, Brooks Harris and Ham Gravem went into long three-set matches. Harris pulled his out 8-6, 4-6, 6-1, and Graven pulled out two last minute service brakes to take his final set, 8-6. The bottom three singles all went to Harvard in two quick sets, as Ben Heckscher, Steve Gottlieb, and Connie Fisher picked up the victories...
...rest of the singles were won in routine style. Brooks Harris won 6-2, 6-4; Ham Graven, 6-1, 6-2; Connie Fisher, 6-3, 6-1; Karl Purnell, 6-1, 6-2; and Ben Heckscher, 6-0, 6-0. Especially impressive were the wins by Purnell and Heckscher...
Into his place, in as automatic a move as a G.M. gearshift, stepped Albert Bradley, a man little known but easy to know. Bright, twinkling-eyed Al Bradley is a contrast to his great predecessor and good friend. Sloan, a graven-faced Connecticut Yankee, practiced prohibition for years, wears a stickpin, dresses with a flourish, disdains tobacco and sniffs at sports. Bradley is a roly-poly (5 ft. 6 in., 160 Ibs.) Briton who arrived in the U.S. at the age of seven, a casual dresser who often appears in mismatched pants and coat, a keen southpaw golfer...
Especially gratifying was the performance of Dale Junta, who won both his matches against the North Carolina number one and two players. Captain Brooks Harris split his encounters with the same two men, and Ham Graven, last year's first-ranked man, did the same at third singles...