Word: seconds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dorothy Parker, funny vulgarienne. was awarded the 0. Henry Memorial first prize for her short story "Big Blonde," published in last February's Bookman. Letters and telegrams to the north-woods retreat of Wilson Follett advised him that his story "Oak" had been judged second best. When he did not reply, second prize was given to Sidney Howard, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (They Knew What They Wanted) for his story, "The Homesick Ladies...
...never thought of keeping flashy Quarterback Myers, a Negro, out of the game with Georgia (TIME, Nov. 11). It was explained by a reliable doctor that Myers did not play because he had "damaged severely the acromio-clavicular ligaments of his left shoulder." When Paris of Georgia forward-passed.in the second half for two scores N. Y. U. rooters held up a sign, "We Want Myers." But Myers was not even on the bench. N. Y. U. 27. Georgia...
California's second-and third-string Bears got 21, then the first team came in for a workout. California 53, Montana...
...Baden-Baden, Germany. In drawing up the statutes and the charter of the new institution. Details as to the statutes and the charter have been made public recently but the trust agreement, which provides how the new bank shall take over reparations work, cannot be completed until the Second Hagne Conference between the Powers...
...establishment of a new scholastic award, to be known as the Edwards Whitaker Prize Scholarship, has been made possible by a recent gift from Mrs. Samuel Davis, it was announced Saturday at University Hall. In addition, a second Edwards Whitaker Scholarship will be established...