Word: line-a
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...great not only in originality, but perhaps also in charlatanism. Garvey, fired with a West Indian imagination, "kindled" the idea. Just at present, he is out on bail, following conviction for using the mails to defraud (TIME, June 11, 1923), in connection with selling stock in the Black Star Line-a steamship company, formed to carry Negroes back to Africa. The company's only significant maritime achievement was to take Garvey and some of his friends aboard a chartered vessel, to the West Indies and back, on an intoxicating journey during which, in some mysterious manner, the ship nearly...
...built low to the ground, aggressive yet a tower of strength on the defense; sure in passing and quick on his feet for a man of his weight and power. And there is Andrew Jackson for tackle-tall, rangy and muscular-the ideal build for that place in the line-a rough and dangerous player, a terror to his opponents, quick on his feet and down the field under punts ahead of the ends. Then there is Theodore Roosevelt for fullback, a bit showy and an individualist, but he bucks the line with the best of them. Highly versatile...