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With a wind strong enough to cause a passer of Frank's calibre to overshoot, his mark in the beginning of one quarter and then have his tosses stopped in the next, Yale really had its hands full...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Daily News Editor Writes On Yale Footballers | 11/3/1937 | See Source »

...general for "a European philosophy . . ., state socialism," while he, the Republican, stood for "the American system of rugged individualism . . . diametrically opposed." It was a shrewd thing to try to do in the financial capital of the U. S. But it was a difficult speech to grasp. It seemed to overshoot the mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Full Garage | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

...overshoot a reasonable expectancy of service, would you kindly inform me of the precise meaning of the word "rackets" as used by your Cinema Editor in the issue for July 23, p. 31 in his review of The Actress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 13, 1928 | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

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