Word: polo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Forgive me for protesting as loudly as my healthy lungs will permit against the suggestion of D. H. Edwards [TIME, May 27] that advertising men should leave fishing alone and "stick to polo...
...blue pencil. In the film industry, which is notorious for its nepotism, such Hertzian tactics were bound to stir up trouble. And having made enemies right & left, Mr. Hertz finally called for a showdown on his right to hire & fire. He lost. So horsy John Hertz retired to his polo and his racing. Early in 1933, unable to pay its bond interest and loaded to its Plimsoll line with bank loans, Paramount finally foundered...
Smashing through the P.M.C. defences for a total of 15 goals, the Crimson malletmen Wednesday rode their way into the finals of the polo Intercollegiates for a title bout with Yale...
...Harvard Varsity polo team wins its match with the P. M. C. at Governor's Island today it will be in line for final playoff against the winner of the Yale Army game on Saturday...
...Indian Britons, Quetta is a coveted assignment. The great heat of the Indus never reaches its plateau. Even in summer it is cool enough for polo. And in winter its thick clay houses can be kept warm. Surrounded by mountains, Quetta's plain is green with grapes and melons. Under British patronage the town has grown to 60,000, reared some fine Western buildings, drawn trade from southwestern Asia. And the Pathans keep life in Quetta from ever getting really dull. Last week, however, it was not the Pathans but the most disastrous earthquake in twelve years that picked...