Word: hardest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...when she lost a set -her first, in tournament singles, since 1927-to young Dorothy Round, England's second ranking player, who last spring refused to enter the French championships lest she have to play a match on Sunday. Score of the Moody victory-by far her hardest match since she last played Suzanne Lenglen...
Whether the excommunication included only the Cabinet and the Deputies who voted the church laws or embraced the entire Government from President Zamora down to the humblest customs inspector, was not stated. Hardest hit was Alcala Zamora. A devout Catholic, he dearly loves the solace of the Mass. When Madrid hotheads set fire to Jesuit churches two years ago, plump Senora Alcala Zamora distinguished herself by driving in an open carriage to each of the burned buildings, sitting before the door loudly saying her beads...
...first two days of a race, I find, are the hardest; after that I get accustomed to it. But we have to eat a tremendons amount to keep us going. My average diet per day is about four steaks, eight or ten lamb chops, and lots of milk, custard, salad, and vegetables. We only get from two and a half to three hours of sleep...
...Cycling is the hardest game in the world. Compared to it hockey is child's play. Once, when I was riding in New York, I broke three ribs on the fourth day, continued, and won. Another time I won with a broken collar bone that I smashed on the first night. But I took my prettiest spill right here in Boston. I was trying out the Arena track before a grind when I fractured my skull, broke my nose, cracked my collar bone, cut my face badly, and busted my jaw in three places. I didn't enter that race...
...their championship the Maple Leafs had a crack team of seasoned players. Charlie Conacher, 23-year-old forward, seemed to have ended his career three years ago when he had to have a kidney removed. He plays in a leather harness which has not prevented him from developing the hardest shot in hockey, surpassing his famed brother Lionel, defense player for the Montreal Maroons. Lean, morose goalie for the Maple Leafs is Lome Chabot, who has worn the same pair of lucky trousers in every hockey game for five years. The Maple Leafs' chief handicaps were injuries to three...