Word: rivalled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Guy's subject Friday will be "Rival of Corneille: Berenice--the forerunner of Voltaire; Bajazet...
...Jonson opined that she was "incapable of man" and Brantome, always physiologically acute, offered a theory ex- plaining that theory. Elizabeth rejected King Philip of Spain but smiled on France's Alencon, her "Frog-Prince." She did not, however, make any marital history. Sad and jealous when her rival Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, bore a son, she saw to it that Mary was beheaded. Elizabeth wisely liked her pirates, Slaver Hawkins and Explorer Drake, and profited by their booty. When Spanish troop ships sailed toward England she shouted, "I have the heart and stomach of a king...
...decision of the conference was to retain the rules which have governed Intercollegiate meets in the past, in preference to the rules used in Olympic matches. The date of the Intercollegiate was definitely set for April 17-18, when the rival fencers will gather at the Hotel Astor...
Major O. Lee Bodenhamer of Arkansas was elected the Legion's new Commander, to succeed Paul Vories McNutt of Bloomington, Ind. The Bodenhamer election came by acclamation, without a rollcall, when Albert L. Cox of North Carolina, his chief rival, jumped up and did the nominating himself...
...asked the referee to disqualify Campolo but the latter, misunderstanding his wink, told him indignantly to go on. Through that round, which was the ninth, and one more, Scott continued pushing and shoving sleepy Campolo, effectively enough to win the decision. He must now be considered a rival of Schmeling, Sharkey...