Word: hitherto
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...great socialite families of the U.S. Gently questioning her in clipped accents was a judge whose big body filled his ample chair and whose funny little goatee waggled up and down as he talked. An oldtime Tammany politician from the East Side, Justice John Francis Carew had hitherto known Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Astors, Goulds only as so many shadowy newspaper names which, as flesh & blood, never came into his middleclass world. Now it was his duty to shape the life of this small Vanderbilt by deciding what her surroundings, friends and education should be for the next decade...
Throughout the afternoon both Moseley and Adzigian, Harvard's main offensive hopes, were going well and both seemed in top physical condition. They teamed up with Little Bill Parquette in the pass department as Casey tried to develop this hitherto not too over powerful arm of the Crimson attack...
...collected hitherto unknown species of flightless mountain beetles, some unusual ground insects, some fine river-living beetles from 3000-4000 feet; some frogs peculiar to the region from 5000 feet to the summit; some reptiles from 3000-5000 feet; and six peripatus, a caterpillar-like insect which lives in damp tropical regions...
Everything, down at Soldiers Field, is being pointed toward building up a well rounded squad that will be strong in all departments. Hitherto there has been a feeble push where the offense should have been and a hole-filled wall where the defense should have held the fort. The defense has certainly proved the stronger of the two in the games so far, but plenty of criticism could be applied to the number of Dartmouth, Princeton, and Army men who have been getting into the Crimson backfield at the snap of the ball...
...right tackle and Ed Simmons at left are two second string men who have been coming very fast during the last few weeks and may succeed in pushing out the experienced pair of Bill Burton and Mike Adlis. Then, at left guard, Frank Schumann is threatening the berth hitherto filled alternately by Bob Brookings and Bill Lane. All three of these up-and-coming substitutes have a very good chance of starting the Yale game...