Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reversal of form exhibited by the Bulldog star was one of the features of the first day's competition. Russell ran well within himself and appears dangerous, while Hussey can always be counted on for a place among the leaders. With this sort of competition Miller should run the greatest race of his career, and is expected by many to show his heels to the pack...
...over Swinburne of Georgetown and Campbell of Columbia. After the preliminaries the judges decided to start Graning of Colgate, Leeming of Princeton, and Rogers of Pennsylvania, who finished fourth in the three heats, in the second row in today's finals. Watters and Richardson are rated as the two greatest half milers in the country today and both are in top form this spring...
This year's Annapolis eight apparently ranks with the greatest crews in the Navy's rewing history. It has beaten three crews this season by large margins, and according to prominent rowing critics, is likely to continue to win races for the rest of the season. Although the famous Glendon father-and-son combination is no longer at Annapolis, the bluejacket crew is rowing as well as any of the eights that rowed under the Glendon regime...
...greatest trust company in the world is demanding young engineers to be trained for vice presidencies. This certainly is not a branch of engineering practice...
...trained engineer's mind can be found in all walks of life. Herbert Hoover was trained to be an engineer. He is today one of the world's outstanding authorities on economic problems. There are any number of similar examples, and the reason is that the engineer's greatest asset is his ability to think straight; to recognize facts. He is not gailty of the twisted reasoning that incites revolutions and riots. He realizes that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points even when it is couched in unfamiliar terms. He does not run wild on fantastic...