Word: prowesses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Harry Bacharach, no fool at politics, returned from a trip to Europe threeyears ago, 650 of his friends and constituents chartered a ferryboat to meet him. Two thousand more were waiting at Atlantic City, where his political prowess and good works (his family founded a home for crippled children) have endeared...
...used and taken in the encounter. One of the most interesting features is a contemporary account of the expedition which appeared week by week in The New York Weekly Post-Boy, one of the few newspapers of the day. For the genealogically minded who are eager to trace the prowess of their ancestors in this greatest of colonial expeditions, the editor has most kindly included a complete index of the names of those who participated...
Only meagre reports come from Hanover as to the prowess of the Big Green sextet but indications point to the fact that no exceptional opposition may be expected. As in other years Dartmouth has been hampered by a scarcity of ice which has prevented the regulation number of practice sessions. The Red Men succumbed to the Yale team in a contest at New Haven on January 15, 6-2, and at that time both the offensive and defensive play of the visitors from New Hampshire was ragged and in-effectual, Crowther, Powers, and Norton handed in stellar performances in preventing...
...month, and practice started immediately at the Hemenway Gymnasium. Two weeks ago Bond picked out 25 men and started workouts in the New Athletic Building. Of these he plans to retain 20 men, from whom he will form his team. While none of the men have shown any outstanding prowess to date, Bond is confident that this wealth of material will produce a strong team...
...first importance must be the effect on the value of the Military Academy to the Army of the United States. Athletic training at West Point is given with a view to having each graduate thoroughly competent to impart instruction to enlisted men in at least a few sports. Athletic prowess to a graduate is invaluable...