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...went home, happy to have met with Yale, to have used into the Bowl, and to have been thrown into the limelight. She made some money, too. Yale, on the other hand, theoretically benefitted from the "breather." Her players were preserved from further injury; her full strength marshalled to repel the furious attack of the Princeton Tigers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football For Fun, Not Fame | 11/10/1931 | See Source »

There are too many old pioneers in Arizona who in the early days made their way through cactus and thorn, hunger and thirst, their flintlock rifles ready to repel attack, in order to make Arizona a safe and pleasant place in which to live, for them ever to see Arizona surrender her State rights. While false propaganda has fooled many in the Colorado River fight, and has unwittingly led you into error in the article referred to, yet right must finally triumph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Morituri | 6/22/1931 | See Source »

Point of the Papal letter was to repel a recent charge by Giovanni Giurati, Secretary of the Fascist Party, that Italy's Catholic Action "pursues political ends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Good Catholics | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

...this moment, when a battle is about to begin upon the result of which the salvation of our country depends, no one must look behind. All must unite to attack and repel the enemy. Any troops finding themselves unable to advance further must hold their ground at all costs and must fight until death. No retreat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 12, 1931 | 1/12/1931 | See Source »

...pigsty, cuddling a teakettle and singing at the top of his voice: They said I was a beauty once, Why don't they say it now? And when attempts were made to raise him up, he persisted in crying out, 'Father, the Sepoys are coming! Let us repel them!"3 In the recipes for drinks Editors Hunt & Chappell stick strictly to business, except for one slip: Kummel Ye Faithful. Only venture into antiquity: the "authentic and secret recipe" for the Ramos Fizz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sentimental Journey* | 12/29/1930 | See Source »

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