Word: patly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...best be identified nationally as the inventor of the quick-kick, as one of the first to conduct summer schools for coaches, and as the holder of lucrative patent rights to valveless, seamless footballs and basketballs and elastic ribbed football pants. All-Americans Ernie Nevers of Stanford and Pat Boland of Minnesota first took grid-iron lessons from him in Superior, Wis. Pat accompanies him from Miami University to act as Hawkeye line coach...
...Senator Pat Harrison made the Administration's chief point that 16 such trade agreements have been made and since 1934 trade with those nations has increased from $1,400,000,000 to $1,900,000,000. Republicans hammered back with the argument that the bill delegated too much power to the President. More point was added by Senator Vandenberg when he said: Since the agreements were made, "our exports to Canada . . . went up 17%, but our imports from Canada . . . went up 30%. Our exports to Cuba went up 11%, but our imports from Cuba went up 19% Our exports...
...behind last week's horseplay was a perfectly serious and, for the U. S., unique project sponsored by Senator William Marsh of Tonopah and Assemblyman Pat Cline of Las Vegas. If Nevada's Constitution is amended, they will introduce legislation to create a state lottery monopoly, to produce a million dollars a month for division between the State and lucky ticket holders. The State's share will, its sponsors promise, permit abolition of all State taxes...
...easy for both the President's admirers and opponents to slip into platitudes about last night's Victory speech. The occasion begged him to pat the party and himself on the back, and the revived memory of November could hardly have failed to infect him with extra self-confidence. This is the best excuse for the messianic tone of his remarks whose very perfection of delivery aroused enthusiasm and revulsion. No one quarrels with his key argument--that democracy must do more for the underprivileged--but the details of the redeal give pause to many...
...anybody's match, but I think we can take them" was the comment of Wresting Coach Pat Johnson on the eve of the final Freshman clash of the season against an undefeated Yale team...