Word: matchless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...decided the National League pennant. Mordecai Brown-the pitcher with the pirate's name-worsted him in that struggle, "the hardest game," Mathewson said, "of my life." In 1914 he injured his right shoulder. Still, with speed impaired, he could win games with his curves, his strategy, his matchless fadeaway. For a while, he tried without much success, to manage Cincinnati. When the U. S. entered the War, he enlisted in the Gas Service...
Senator Reed, anti-League Democrat, was present to argue for the newspaper. Would he be so kind, asked Mr. Taft, as to join his case with the case of The Baltimore Post, exactly similar? All present in the crowded court room glanced at Newton D. Baker, matchless pro-League orator, counsel for the Baltimore newspaper. Senator Reed politely declined the offer. Old antagonism flashed and vanished as the law ground...
...Would that we might once more see in that exalted position one with the courage of a Jackson, the militant honesty of a Cleveland, the matchless statesmanship, far-flung vision and the fine fighting qualities of a Woodrow Wilson...
...tree is known by its fruits; not by the showy flowers of promise or the occasional defect in bud or branch, but by the normal harvest through the running of the years?and the harvest of the Republican party and leadership is faithfully reflected in the matchless growth and fadeless glory of the Republic...
...straightened out only when Hero and Villain, again in the north woods, peel off 14 overcoats and fight. Men. This is all woman, for it Is all Pola Negri. It is her best picture to date, although it does follow beaten trails through Montmartre. She plays with all the matchless glow of her temperament the role of a young woman who hates all men for what a few of them have done to her, until the right young man awakens her love by giving her a good shaking. One of the striking features is a magnetic students' ball...