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...backfield Francis Lane looms up as the outstanding back from the Class of 1936. He has been playing halfback most of the time, but has filled Dean's position at fullback during the latter's disability lately. At the present time it looks as if he would outstrip his classmate Fred Moseley, who hasn't shone quite as brilliantly recently as he did in the first week of practice. These two Sophomores may provide the answer to the problem that faced Casey at the beginning of the season...

Author: By R. W. Paul, | Title: GOOD MATERIAL IN VARSITY SQUAD BUT LACKS TEAMWORK | 10/2/1933 | See Source »

...outdone, Oklahoma City's bustling Chamber of Commerce and the University of Oklahoma banded together to present Faust, with seats at 25?. Music lovers boasted that attendance would far outstrip Tulsa's, visioned opera as an annual event in "a Greek amphitheatre which will become the centre of cultural activity for the Southwest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opera Over Oil | 7/31/1933 | See Source »

...following two seasons of 1932 and 1933 showed Morse to be one of Harvard's fastest and most versatile performers. Especially this last season has he been a mainstay of the squad, for he could outstrip his teammates on any assignment from the 440-yard dash to a two-mile jaunt, and was always available in case of emergency to fill a gap on any middle distance run and do such a good job that the loss of the scheduled man was felt to the minimum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MORSE NAMED CAPTAIN FOR 1934 TRACK TEAM | 6/7/1933 | See Source »

...fight for equal suffrage took place on many fronts. She badgered Congressmen. She wrote a propagandist operetta which was produced at the old Waldorf in 1916 with Marie Dressier in the cast. Just as she had nudged Mrs. Astor out of Manhattan's social leadership, so did she outstrip Carrie Chapman Catt in the militancy of her agitation for woman's suffrage. And just as she had built her palaces, she gave $100,600 for the National Woman's Party headquarters in Washington's B Street. The passage of the 19th Amendment was her reward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Great Lady's Death | 2/6/1933 | See Source »

...evident," said Professor Hopper in summing up the Russian situation, "that the killing pace set by the Bolsheviks in their attempt to overtake and outstrip capitalist countries has proved too fast at least during a world depression. It may be that planning the entire life of a vast country is not yet within the capacity of man. Nevertheless, the Bolsheviks will most likely carry on, zigzagging back to their program as circumstances permit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hopper Declares New Class In Russia Is Threat To Internal Peace--Retreat From Theoretical Equality Seen In Reform | 10/24/1932 | See Source »

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