Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Denison, new Australian Commissioner to the U. S., when he was officially presented to President Coolidge. ¶ A four-inch dagger attached to a chain which may be worn around the neck, a weapon which Finns use to defend themselves against highway robbers, was the gift of Paavo Nurmi, greatest contemporary distance-runner. It was presented to President Coolidge by Murray Hulbert, President of the Amateur Athletic Union...
...duress to consent to marry in 1895 Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, Ninth Duke of Marlborough, Baron Spencer, Baron Churchill, Earl of Sunderland, Earl of Marlborough, Marquis of Blandford, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of Mindelheim in Suabia, Knight of the Garter, descendant of "England's greatest general" John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), the victor of Blenheim...
...regarded himself quite simply and scientifically as "differing" from faithful folk who "make themselves quite easy by intuition." He avoided cosmic thoughts, kept his writing purposely free from Pantheism, stuck to his species and specimens and "let God go" as imponderable. The Lover of mankind was his second greatest role. He was too gentle, reasonable, humble to quarrel or criticize. Attacks upon himself left him unmoved. Sociably inclined, he had to contend with his fondness for people to get his work done. His love and respect for his children was immense. A keen sportsman in youth, he could hardly bear...
...Cortlandt Park are Captain E. C. Haggerty '27, Captain M. L. Smith of Yale, J. C. Loucks of Syracuse, W. J. Cox of Penn State, Captain Karl Auer of Dartmouth, Horace Betson of Cornell, Forrest Taylor of Maine, and Russell Payne of Pennsylvania. They comprise one of the greatest collections of cross country luminaries ever to clash on one course...
Meantime it is interesting to notice that the Sun is querying our greatest universities in advance to know if any player who may obtain a place in the Sun's 1926 team will be allowed to come to New York for the proposed dinner. If before the issuing of any invitations the Sun may know that it would be useless to address invitations to certain institutions, the paper might still give its dinner, but its choice of an All-American team might seem some what disproportionate. Anyhow we hope the colleges themselves will reject these overtures as violations...