Word: par
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Coach Stahley himself ranks the team as almost on a par with the '42 aggregation, which boasted such Varsity men as Ed Buckley, Bud Finnegan, Joe Homano, Ed Rothschild and Bill Webber. The '42 outfit, at this time two years ago, had lost only one game, but that defeat came at the hands of a Freshman team, Boston University...
Besides being a finished jazz artist, Fats is a showman par excellence, and ranks with such topnotch colored entertainers as Bill Robinson, Eddie Anderson, and Louis Armstrong. Even Hughes Pannassie is forced to recognize Fat's insane sense of humor...
Although a commonwealth under American protection, the Philippines afford an example. The remotest grass shack districts in the islands are often frequented by sailors. These men in blue and white are helping to win the confidence and mutual respect of the natives. They are up to par with the best of the Ambassadors when it comes to spreading American good will abroad...
...strongly favored to continue their winning ways in the Indoor Athletic Building pool this evening at 8:45 o'clock at the expense of the Brown Bears. Coach Leo Barry's squad should afford the Ulenmen their stiffest test of the year, but nevertheless the visitors are below par this season and have little hope of repeating their 38 to 37 upset victory of two years...
Hitler during the year conquered five nations by arms-among them France, his most powerful opponent on the Continent-and subjugated part of the Balkans by threats. His conquests were on a par with those of Napoleon Bonaparte. But in one vital respect he failed. He did not master Britain, as scheduled, before the summer was out. He did not bring the war to a victorious conclusion. At year's end he had a tiring people at home, and a war abroad, a war which, unless he could end it swiftly, might ultimately prove Germany's undoing...