Word: rival
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Concluding that "the 'Old Testament' should be seen only as a rival of Homer," Edwin P. Booth, professor of Historical Theology at Boston University, last night gave the sixth lecture in the "Outlines of Christianity" series...
...first time in ten weeks all the rival Japanese forces at Shanghai-the land, sea and air forces of the Son of Heaven-buried their mutual jealousies last week and clicked together in the unified "big push" which Japanese spokesmen had been daily heralding for so long that Shanghai correspondents were becoming incredulous. In Tokyo the Ministers of the Army and Navy are not responsible to the Premier but only to the Emperor direct, this peculiar setup often leading to excessive maladjustment between the fighting services. Last week they slugged together to bend back the Chinese line in the country...
...owner, throws Nassau out with a jujitsu hold, saves Cheri's last picture by having it recut to star a gorilla. Stand-in is the most human as well as the most biting comedy yet written about Hollywood. After its preview, violent protests were made by rival organizations. Twentieth Century-Fox felt uneasiness because Joan Blondell burlesques Shirley Temple singing "The Good Ship Lolly-pop." Report had it that the character of Director Koslofski was a damaging caricature of Josef von Sternberg. Trade papers tittered that Stand-In laughed at the motion picture industry. The last is true...
...automobile in volume of sales last year was Chevrolet. This year Ford, less hamstrung by Labor than was General Motors, regained the lead. This week, with the annual Automobile Show in Manhattan marking the January first of the 1938 automobile year, rival makers were girt for renewed combat on a scale far greater than ever before. Last week it was announced that for the first time since 1929 automobiles and parts rate as No. 1 U. S. export. In Detroit, employment approached the 1929 peak. In Manhattan, the Automobile Manufacturers Association announced that production of 1937 models had totaled...
...White and Al Evans like to race in playing numbers. In the march to the Lowell-Eliot game Bob led Al by three bars all the way to the field. On the way back, however, Al put on a spurt and put open bars in between himself and his rival...