Word: latter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...astoundingly original feature of the newly constructed whalers is the completely equipped bar which has been installed in place of a coxswain. The latter accessory was declared futile and out of date by an investigating committee of sages after exhaustive inquiry. It is rumored that the country's leading crew mentors will line the banks of the Charles this afternoon to discover if the innovation in boating methods will prove as successful in cheering the oarsmen and especially in guiding the boat along a straight and narrow path as the former small-boy tactics...
...latter vociferously complain because their only practice field is at Myopia, twenty-five miles away, and that the inadequate ground which they had during the fall has been divided to make room for still another lacrosse field. When the University and Freshman teams journey to West Point and New Haven respectively next Saturday, each player will be paying all his traveling and living expenses...
...British financial theory. Last week, however, such a connection was rumored in the report that British G. E. contemplated merging with Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd., largest British makers of electrical equipment. Inasmuch as Associated Electrical Industries is about one-third owned by International Electric Co., and as this latter corporation is a subsidiary of U. S. General Electric, it seemed at least possible that Sir Hugo might find himself indeed entangled in the tentacles of the U. S. Money Octopus. Rumored negotiations between British G. E. and Associated Electrical Industries were last month denied, but Sir Hugo's unsuccessful attempt...
Resigned. Junius Parker of Rye, N. Y.; from the board chairmanship of American Tobacco Co. and the presidency of American Cigar Co. In the latter office he is succeeded by President George Washington Hill of American Tobacco...
...mile mark Cornell had a decided lead which stretched longer and longer as the three crew swept down towards the northeast corner of the Basin. With the winner out ahead, Harvard and Tech were left to fight it out for second place. Here the latter's lighter weight which allowed them to ride clear of the waves and their ability to stick to Harvard with a lower pace then S. W. Swaim '31 had been setting for his crew, proved the decisive factors. As the Engineers raised the beat in the final quarter mile they passed the Crimson oarsmen...