Word: picked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gorman is Yale's best shot putter, but is expecting a close fight for victory. Dopesters here pick Wolfe to win the high jump and Conner to take the hammer throw. A close contest is expected between Alcock of Harvard and Stewart of Yale for the remaining places in this latter event, however...
Landing from the Berengaria last week, Merlin H. Aylesworth, head of National Broadcasting Co., predicted that within six months U. S. citizens could readily listen in on British radio programs and that British citizens could readily pick up U. S. broadcasts. He predicted that radio Would become a great national force, might even lead to the establishment of an international language. British and French radio at present, however, he described as "formative." The British radio owner, for instance, has no loud speaker, no electric sets, and no choice of programs-a standard program being furnished by the government. Forward-looking...
...poorhouse will never beckon, and at your door no wolf will ever howl. Logical, in many ways, is this theory (though it involves faith, hope and occasionally some charity regarding investment trusts and their management) but many a U. S. investor, doggedly individualistic, will doubtless continue to pick his own issues, watch his own ticker and, if necessary, lose his own shirt...
Dartmouth sends down a well-balanced team for a dual meet. With only a few outstanding stars, the Indians will present strength in practically every event sufficient to pick up a few points all along the line. Jerry Swope leads the invaders as captain and as the best middle distance runner in this part of the country. As anchor man of the Dartmouth mile relay team that won the national title at Philadelphia last month, he stepped the final quarter in 48 4-5 seconds...
Among the various reputed attractions of a university town are its handsome editices and well-kept grounds. For the most part Harvard's buildings have been constructed with some attempt to please the eye, and the daily pick-up of all wayward cigarette stubs along the walks of the Yard would do justice to a royal lawn. But the care bestowed by the university on other parts of its property is very different...