Word: put
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sportsmanlike manner that has characterized these races in the past. The wholesome way in which the international competition that the races represent is being conducted is a healthy sign in the present day world, where so often in clashes between the athletes of different nations national honor is put ahead of the sport...
Boston's injury means that Harlow will be hard put to it at the blocking post Saturday, for Cliff Wilson is not a 60-minute man, and Frazier Curtis, third blocker, has very limited Varsity game experience--a few moments last Saturday being his only activity...
...attitude of the players; not one trace of last week's pessimism is evident, for they all know they gave their best, and when the breaks come, they are going to show the experts that writing about the "finis of the Big Three" is a lot of what they put on the grass to make it grow...
...novelist describe a hurricane at sea and straightway critics raise a hue because his hurricane is a pale imitation of the one Joseph Conrad described 35 years ago in Typhoon. The difference is put down to Conrad's superior literary talents. Actually, hurricanes were fiercer in Conrad's day; that is to say, sailing ships ran into more of them. Modern steamers, tipped off by radio, usually steer clear of them-no difficult matter, since hurricanes travel across open sea at no more than 15 m.p.h.* Richard Hughes, author of A High Wind in Jamaica (originally published...
...inventing the luxury hotel, Ritz perforce had to pay attention to plumbing, and this led him to an interest in hygiene in general. At a time when even palaces stank with clogged drains, Ritz put in modern plumbing; in addition he threw out heavy, germ-catching furnishings, gave every room a southern exposure. Within a short time the Paris Ritz became known as the best sanatorium in Europe...