Word: riley
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Edward Riley Bradley (May 7, 1934). Col. Bradley had won four Derbies up to 1934. His Bazaar was one of the 1934 favorites, finished'out of the money. Col. Bradley has not won a Derby since...
...lineups: PRINCETON HARVARD Naylor, l.e. r.e., Dimeff Stanard, l.t. r.t., Wood Riley, l.g. r.g., Grunig Ransome, c. c., Diets Meacham, r.g. l.g., Soule Howley, r.t. l.t., Armstrong Callery, r.e. l.e., Haydock Fitzgerald, q.b. q.b., Townsend Schults, i.h.b. r.h.b.,Buckley Weishit, r.h.b. l.h.b., Hoar Shee, f.b. f.b., Withington
...Professor Riley? Guesses began to fly: perhaps he was Durham University's eminent Chemist Harry Lister Riley (no; reporters found him vacationing in Northumberland); a Government bigwig, sent, as Lord Runciman was to Czecho-Slovakia in August 1938, to find that the disputed area wasn't worth squabbling over (Downing Street denied it); a personal emissary of Neville Chamberlain's sent behind his own Government's back to pave the way for a second Munich agreement; perhaps just a crank...
...British-French-Russian military talks got more & more press notice, Professor Riley got less & less. Russia's witty Defense Commissar Kliment Voroshilov received the British and French delegates with sparkling good will. They dined and wined each other. The Russians took their visitors to the annual "aviation holiday." Everyone was in great good humor; every one thought the alliance was all but accomplished...
...this week Professor Riley was back in the news. The Russian press suddenly bristled with charges that Britain sought another Munich agreement. This time it would be between five big powers, with the U. S. included, the U. S. S. R. not. Why had hypocritical Mr. Chamberlain sent this Riley man to Danzig without even consulting Parliament? "Signs of a serious set-back to the attempt to get Russia into the peace pact front have to be recorded today," Correspondent G. E. R. Gedye cabled the New York Times. He could scarcely have expected how momentously right and wrong...