Word: greate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Daniel meant not that the laws were unalterable," said the President, "but that the Medes and the Persians believed in keeping their contracts. We have been dealing with a great power that does not believe in keeping its contracts. Iran believes in keeping its contracts. The United States believes in keeping its contracts...
...preponderance of baseball players. No less than ten of the athletes discussed are ball players, and come of them, like Hegan and Elliott, just don't merit the attention. Hegan is not a great catcher--he can't hit; Elliott is a mediocre third baseman; and men like Sain and Stephens are dubious choices. Mize, of course, should have been written up many years ago. He belongs to an older school of baseball players...
Another flaw lies in the very nature of the book. There are not enough really great athletic in one year to justify the publication of an annual book of this kind. "Famous American Athletes of Today" would be far more valuable if it appeared every five years...
Isenberg saw very little action on offense last season and none this year. A vicious tackler on defense, and a capable runner and blocker, he will probably play a great deal as offensive quarterback next fall, Valpey said yesterday...
...theater building is as organic a part of a liberal arts college as the library, the laboratory, or the lecture hall. In a sense, it is a laboratory itself, where the great dramas of the Greek, Elizabeth, and Modern Ages may be handled in the container in which their creators intended them...