Word: risen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reached the neutral corner and the actual count began over the prostrate Tunney. Tunney rose after the ninth second. A boxer is knocked out after ten seconds. Actually, Tunney was down 14. Tunney insists that his head was clear after the first few seconds and that he could have risen within the first ten seconds; that, grasping the situation, he waited for the extra respite to arise stronger, steadier...
...block behind it. These buildings will be connected by an underground passage covered by a one story corridor. Work on building A, the main structure facing on Oxford Street, has progressed to the second, and in some places third floor, while the walls of building B have as yet risen only to the first floor...
...account and in the season's final encounter was the mark of frequent Eli thrusts which went for substantial gains. Last year he was on the University squad, played in most of the season's minor games, and showed marked improvement over the Freshman playing. This year he has risen to first string ranking, and according to reports which emanate from the secret Soldiers Field practice sessions gives promise of great further improvement. Clark is six feet, five inches tall, weighs 210 pounds this year, and has the power to place him among the gridiron's leading giants...
...baseball first baseman and for two years a member of the gridiron Seconds. From last year's Freshman team J. G. Douglas '30 and G. L. Lewis '30 have been retained as possible first string timber. F. A. Pickard '29 completes the list of Crimson jerseyed wingmen. Pickard has risen in the course of a single season from the class football ranks and is still very much of an unknown quantity...
...York's Governor, Alfred Emanuel Smith, issued the state's financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927. It showed a surplus of $13,965,345 in the state treasury. Governor Smith mentioned that the cost of government in New York has risen $135,961,870 since 1917. Said he: "I am ready at all times and at all places to defend the policy of my Administrations in the handling of the state's business. " Manhattan newspapers headlined his report in characteristic fashion: The Democratic World: SMITH ANSWERS G. 0. P. CHARGE OF EXTRAVAGANCE...