Word: quest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believe that Mr. Roberts would bring victory and honor to the Republican party. If Mr. Butler is really in earnest in his quest for a good man to place on his party's ticket; a man whose record bears scrutiny, and whose accomplishments have been without parallel, he need go no further than seek to have Owen J. Roberts, of Philadelphia, become a candidate for this high office...
Illinois tugged itself higher in the quest for the Western Conference championship by crossing Michigan's goal line for the first and second time this season. Garland Grange, brother of famed Harold ("Red") Grange, iceman, professional footballer, movie actor, recovered Pucklewartz's fumble of a punt and put Illinois in position for the opening touch down. Score 14-0. Ohio State blighted Chicago's commanding position in the Conference by throwing a 50 yard forward pass over the goal line in the last period to win, 13-7. Minnesota, among the dwindling quota of elevens undefeated, gobbled up Wisconsin...
...this new volume Mr. Orcutt, in the most informal and companionable way possible, shares with his readers his further adventures and reflections in his quest of the perfect book. Nearly a hundred illustrations illuminate the text, and the Fournier type has been especially imported, while the cover design is adapted from Nicolas...
...swarm of airplanes rose boisterously over Roosevelt Field, L. L, and buzzed westward in quest of $5,000. They were small, light Class B land planes of the commercial type, flying for a money prize in a transcontinental race to Spokane, Wash. Twenty-five started; that night pilots of twelve went to bed in Chicago; the first official stopping place. Thick, drizzly weather and brutally bumpy air over the Alleghenies stirred pilots to call it the most dangerous hop they had ever made. Over half of the planes came down short of the stopping point owing to weather, engine...
Burns, the nimble Harvard center-fielder, continues in his avid quest of forbidden bases. With 26 successful attempts to elude the vigilance of opposing catchers to his credit, his total of stolen bases is within one of that of all the rest of the Crimson speedsters...