Word: muchly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During his "exile" in the U. S. (he returned to Paris two months ago), Elliot Paul wrote a novel, Concert Pitch, and spent much time studying U. S. labor. The result is The Stars and Stripes Forever. A strike novel laid in a one-man manufacturing town in Connecticut, it contains no Communist character, goes light on leftist propaganda. Conceit rather than the C.I.O. accounts for the fact that the villain, Tycoon Loring, finally gets the whole town down on him, including the high school football team. With its neat plot and smooth dialogue, The Stars and Stripes Forever...
Russell was inclined to doubt the effect of Italy in any future war. "Mussolini," he said, "is a very shrewd fellow. He will certainly be on the winning side. I shall be very much disappointed if he comes in against...
...have more work to do. This work will be dealing with a far larger body of men than heretofore and hence will be less directly influential. But if coaches can see the "sport for sport's sake" ideal of the plan, they will fit into their new niches in much the same manner, at least in the individual sports, as club professionals. Their tenure will be secure, and their indirect influence vastly greater than at present...
...care for many of them, whether they may be able to be allied with Dudley, is a question at the present writing. The powers that be in the athletic world here, nevertheless, must fit these men into the competitive scheme of things. Financially, this task will be made very much less difficult by the Committee's plan...
When this investigation was first proceeding, there was raised the question of whether or not to allow Varsity men to compete in sports closely akin to those in which the Varsity men made their mark. And it was the unanimous opinion of the Committee that such men added much needed dignity to the House sports. Under the plan now proposed this dignity has been given serious consideration and was one of the cornerstones upon which we built...