Word: mate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...defend the Cup, have agreed that they ought to use only a "sensible type of yacht." The Shamrock V will compete in English regattas in May and will sail across the Atlantic with 20 men aboard, for the Cup races in September. Her skipper will be Ernest Heard, mate on the Shamrock...
From Gao the captive lines of men and maidens marched north to Marrakesh (Morocco City). Once inside the city, chains were knocked off, the Negro men were told to pick their own brides and mate with them forthwith. The great mass-mating lasted for weeks. Sultan Moulay Ismail obtained as an eventual result the most powerful army in North Africa. He benevolently gave each couple a strip of land to till and the choice of either a donkey or a camel...
Political observers last week seemed generally agreed upon these Pennsylvania points: 1) The Mellon influence will from now on dimmish in Pennsylvania politics; 2) Senator Grundy, with no ticket-mate, will be badly beaten by Secretary Davis; unless 3) with Mr. Pinchot contending formidably for the nomination for Governor against Mr. Brown, a Vare-Mellon deal has to be made, with Secretary Davis dropped as the price of electing Brown; 4) William Scott Vare remains more of a political power in Pennsylvania today than he ever was before the Senate rejected him, by simply waiting until the other element...
...take over the place left vacant by the graduation of Prior. Mays is already far ahead of the other contenders for second and he will have Captain Nugent over at short to help him guard the keystone sack. Nugent played second last year and had McGrath as running mate, but McGrath is moving to the outfield and Nugent has shifted over to the shortfield. At third it's a race between Huxtable and Ketchum with the former seemingly having the edge so far. Giving one place in the outfield to the hard hitting McGrath leaves at least 5 other qualified...
Moles of Princeton, one of the prominent entrants for Friday's meet, turned in the winning time of 2 minutes 36 4-5 seconds in the 220-yard breast stroke, trailed by his team mate Manuch and Edgell of Syracuse...