Word: rivals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Canton government is sewn through from top to bottom with able young men who received their preparation in the United States. Only three years ago the Canton government like its sickly rival at Pekin was in financial confusion. Today, in spite of almost insuperable difficulties in the way, the budget balances, the armies are well paid, large sums are spent in effective propaganda. A Harvard man did that...
...Cincinnati, one Howard Stribling, 20, of Columbus, Ohio, ate 62 oranges, spat out the seeds, broke his own Ohio record; won $20, a straw hat, a walking stick. His masked rival, one "Hoggie," ate 53, was satiated. Orange potentates rejoiced...
...these antithetical declarations of rival tooth cleanser manufacturers, Dentist Leo M. Lubliner of Brooklyn added another last week: "About 60% of our population over 40 years of age suffers from pyorrhea...
...have the idea of sport as a business. The primary interest of the coach is his reputation. The alumni are bent on advertising their college. As a result the athlete is in an atmosphere of work working to make the team and then to beat a rival team. That coach is a rare Avis who tells his candidates first of the fun and relaxation of what they naively call "games". Rather he talks first of What the team did or did not do to St. Timothy's last year and how he is sure the boys will duplicate or reverse...
...fact few domestic pictures have been so full of well-handled and sensuous scenes as was this one. From the Philippines the picture jumps to France, and Flagg, now a captain, is in the throes of another love affair from which he will ultimately be snatched by his great rival, Quirt. Whenever these two men come on together the picture is at its highest points. Their acting is rounded and humorous, particularly humorous for a capable lipreader during the numerous swearing contests...