Word: least
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There may or may not arise some carping soul to comment unfavorably upon the fact that Miss Ruth Elder, who flew, if not to Europe, at least most of the way to the Azores, has accepted a vaudeville contract at a nice, fat figure, in order that the public may see the first woman to fly nearly to Europe and that she may have a suitable reward. True enough, this is not what Lindbergh did; but Lindbergh was an army officer with a responsibility to his government, and Miss Elder is not. It is impossible for anyone, particularly a young...
These two brief quotations serve sufficiently to show the spirit and the style of the work. Not the least reason why this type of history gains such a large number of readers is its lucid, clean-cut style certainly easier reading than the classically ponderous works of the older school Gibbons and Mommsen for example. Here no foot-notes are to be found, no weighing of questionable points. The author asserts dogmatically that Caesar is a scoundrel, he cites his facts, such as they are, for so thinking, and dismisses all contrary evidence as not to be taken seriously...
During the fall football season at least, it is a physical impossibility to pick up a Boston paper which does not contain some news on Harvard football practice. Who writes this stuff, and why is it necessary it undoubtedly is for a man to read more than one paper if he is really to "follow" Harvard on the gridiron...
Aside from the fact that Mr. Lynch lives in a Business School dormitory which overlooks at least a part of the secret football field, his qualifications as a sports writer are based upon his ability as an amateur hockey player and the possession of a W.O. McGeehanesque acepticism. As a hockey player, Mr. Lynch was one of Boston's best amateur puck-stoppers and this position naturally gave him a detached view of the game that was bound to make him a student of the ice sport. Though still an undergraduate, the rotund Hearst man is already the Boston American...
Hapgood's jovial plumpness is kept from developing into uncomfortable obesity by at least weekly workouts on the Charles in a single shell. When this turbulent river is frozen over, Dick, versatile athlete that he is, turns to fancy skating. He is a member of the Boston Skating Club and those who have seen him perform in the Boston Arena say that he cuts a mean figure...