Word: parker
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Overlooked Hazards. The Senate has utterly rejected 19 nominees. In 1866, Congress was so angry with Andrew Johnson that it simply abolished the tenth court seat then in existence rather than approve a Johnson appointee. In 1930 Herbert Hoover overlooked labor opposition to Judge John J. Parker-known as "Yellow Dog" Parker in union circles for a decision upholding so-called yellow-dog labor contracts that barred workers from joining noncompa-ny unions. No nominee has been rejected since Parker, but the hazard is always present...
...closer and more exciting races figure to be the junior varsity and first freshmen. Heavyweight coach Harry Parker pegs Brown's JV as "just as good as their varsity...
This past week Parker has continued to try different combinations in his varsity shell and line-ups are not yet set for tomorrow's contest. Finalized boatings have been impossible because weather caused a three-week delay in getting out on the river this winter...
Though not so spectacular, the "Unwed Mother" game by Henry Beard and Mark Stiumpf, takes some excusable cracks at Pill-wheels and has the added virtue of being slightly dirty. The list of thumb-nail sketches for parlor games at the start of the issue makes good fun of Parker Bros. jargon and is an amusing reductio ad absurdum of games in general. After the third or fourth game-article, the technique of reducing a real-life problem to playing-board size starts to wear a little thin, but the pieces are worth skimming for the occasional laugh...
Harvard's seventh place finish came in the Boston Dinghy Club competition held at the Coast Guard Academy. Tony Parker put in Harvard's only good performance as the Crimson finished in the middle of the 13-boat fleet...