Word: ryans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Adams: le Talmadge, it Ryan, lg Boyle, c Dunn, rg Needham, rt Manegold, re Rand, qb Culliton, tb Hartwig, wb McCoubrey, fb Murphy...
Three cadets were commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the Army of the United States. They are Walther Barry, of Dorchester, Mass.; Ernest A. Jonkinson, of Sioux City, la.; and Robert W. Ryan, of Brookline, Mass...
Perhaps the biggest paradox of the entire production is the fact that the finest acting is done by a Yale man. Edmon Ryan, in the part of the lawyer who eventually solves everyone's problems, plays his role with a sureness that is quite refreshing and which stands out more than do Miss Corio's obvious charms...
...chanteys. So young Ilka was hurried off to the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus where, it was hoped, the sisters might teach her manners. They also taught her "a very smooth game of pool." One of the Convent's buildings, the former residence of Financier Thomas Fortune Ryan, had contained a pool table which "the dear Sisters had seen no reason for removing." Says Author Chase: "It was a pretty sight to see Mother Mary Agnes, who shot a mean ball, leaning backward over the table, her veil slightly askew, while with her cue tucked under...
...York's schools suffer not only from bigness but from 18 years of Tammany mismanagement. During the reign of Dr. George J. Ryan, longtime (1922-36) president of the Board of Education, there were complaints that school officials wasted millions on school sites, buildings, furniture, by overpayments to favorites. Promotion went by political favor; pupils were strictly regimented: they had to march lockstep; some principals went so far as to make their girls wear uniforms (bloomers and long black cotton stockings) to make them less tempting to boys...