Word: losers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have reputation all their own as boxers rather than sluggers. At the Intercollegiates last year they became known as the "fancy Harvard boxers," and after Larry Crampton, one of last year's greats, had toppled "Pinkie" Haines of Western Maryland to become the Intercollegiate champion in his class, the loser came out grumbling, "Aw gee, whiz, you guys don't fight...
...members who will receive the less substantial loser's check, are Dwight K. Parsons and Andrew S. Grey, speakers; and John G. Brooks, 2d., Samuel W. Earnshaw, John G. Hurd, Thomas W. Leidy, Frederic J. Poor, Jr., and Howard S. Whiteside, who worked on the brief...
...been prolonged into an hour's chat, Alf Landon had just emerged, and for one day Franklin Roosevelt had the curious experience of being thrown into the shade by his political rival of 1936. Alf Landon gave Washington newshawks the impression not only of being a good loser but of being a fine fellow. Publicly and privately those who had been far from pro-Landon during the campaign loudly spoke their admiration of him. Said Scripps-Howard's Raymond Clapper, "A man who has taken both triumph and defeat in his stride . . . without suffering the slightest noticeable indigestion...
...Declared Judge Willis last week: "We must all concede that in such obscure matters as pertain to the actuarial aspect of the life insurance business, we know very little-so little that our own personal judgment is worthless. So we have to look to those who know." Loser though he was, Lawrence Mario Giannini, heir apparent to his father's banking throne, announced: "I sincerely hope the plan will succeed." Meantime Commissioner Carpenter prepared to journey to Hot Springs, Ark. for a convention of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, which opens this week. There he will seek from...
Massachusetts. A loser himself, Democratic Boss James Michael Curley had the consolation of seeing State Treasurer Charles Francis Hurley defeat Republican John W. Haigis to succeed Curley as Governor. Strapping, vigorous, 42-year-old Governor-elect Hurley, who likes boating and biography, was in 1930 the first Democrat to be elected State Treasurer in 19 years, went on to become the only man ever chosen thrice for that office...