Word: rashness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...football season, plagued by a succession of athletic scandals and disgraced by a sudden rash of dirty play, came to an end last week with a few final boos and catcalls. Among them: ¶The shaky Missouri Valley Conference seemed on the verge of breaking up for good over the case of Drake Halfback Johnny Bright. When conference officials refused to take any action in the slugging that broke his jaw (TIME, Nov. 5 et. seq.), Drake withdrew from the conference, was promptly followed by Bradley University (which has three players awaiting sentence in the basketball fix scandal...
...owns 51% of MoPac's outstanding common stock. For two years he has opposed a plan, tentatively approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission, which would wipe out the common-stock interests, give control of the reorganized road to the bondholders. Last week the fight erupted in a rash of full-page ads across the nation and a flurry of charges and countercharges at an ICC hearing...
Because of the rash of joint activities taking place at both Harvard and the Annex, including dances and theatrical productions, Council members decided to try coordinating enough groups at both colleges to make a joint calendar in order to avoid conflicting dates...
...other Crimson captains would be hold enough--or rash enough--to make a prediction of an All-American victory for their teams. But yachtsmen here have been ahead in intercollegiate racing since it began. For instance, last year they took second place to M.I.T. in the national championships. Once again, Hoppin made the master-stroke, winning his 'B' Division race...
...together a line which has looked very good in practice. Combined with George Baker at right inside and Win Knowiton at right wing, this line has scored four or five goals per scrimmage consistently all week. Munro is "very encouraged" about this sudden reversal of form and rash of goals...