Word: nods
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with the return of Charlie Brackett and Johnny Schwede, both definitely better than last year. Burgy Ayres, a late starter because of hockey, undoubtedly will also see action, for he is touted as the leading pitcher this season. Catching for these hurlers will be Bob Regan who gets the nod over Bill Parsons...
...countless incidental loud-voiced opinions have done their job and done it well. With a bow to all supporters of the plan, the Corporation has at last consented to ask the National Youth Administration for funds for a work program at Harvard. Washington has yet to give its final nod of approval, but there is little room for doubting that it will. Meanwhile, many persons continue to entertain misconceptions of what the program will be and what it will mean to self-supporting students...
Lining up for Harvard will be Captain Simpson and Joe Romano, whose 37 points in four games incidentally matches that of the Princeton captain. Usmer Peabody by virtue of his excellent performance in the Cornell game continues to hold the nod over Ed Rothshild at the center position. Bob James and Bud Finegan will start at guard...
...voice, no longer a broth but a rich Irish stew, was to be heard in The Guy at the End of the Bar. Mock-boozily he caroled: Who says that his missus just gave him the air, And left with the kids and the car? Just give him a nod and he'll climb in your hair...
Question last week was whether they would be able to use them. The most important ingredient of all-a benevolent nod from Washington-was nowhere to be seen. If the New Deal has no use for Chip Robert, Avila Camacho has a lot of use for the friendship of the New Deal. It is a good customer for his useless silver. It may, if his negotiations are successful, even become a good customer for Mexico's expropriated oil. In such delicate times, Avila Camacho, for all his hospitality to pioneering principles, would not want to incur Washington...