Word: setups
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...scene in the saga of the Rover Boys surpassed in tension a scene enacted last week in the editorial office of the Spectator, undergraduate daily of Columbia University. At his desk was Editor Reed Harris, a dark youth of studious mien but tall, well setup. Around him stood some of his associates. Into the room, glowering, strode burly Ralph Hewitt, captain and quarterback of the football team, closely followed by even burlier William McDuffee, the team's centre. Ralph Hewitt had a copy of the Spectator in his hand. He was smoldering with anger...
...case, was the fact that here were Messrs. Kresel and Steuer standing face to face in battle-Mr. Kresel somewhat wobbly to begin with, because he had risen from his sickbed against doctor's orders so as to appear in court. Here, reasoned prize fight fans, was the setup of master battle, a battle of two cruisers each hungering for blood...
William and Mary, Harvard's first November opponent, has already played one game with the Langley Air Field aggregation and won it 19 to 7 and swings into action against another setup, Guilford today. But better opportunity for ascertaining the strength of the Southerners will be afforded next Saturday when the Navy takes them on on its home field. Michigan, the team that probably will attract the most attention in these parts this fall and also furnish some of the toughest opposition, has followed the Big Ten custom of carding a double-header on the early Saturdays and will split...
Selected to replace Mr. Huston as party chairman, at least temporarily, was smallish, solemn, fuss-budgety Senator Simeon Davison Fess of Ohio, who cancelled steamship bookings for a European holiday to take over his new political duties. In imitation of the present Democratic setup, in which National Chairman Raskob yields the spotlight to Executive Committee Chairman Jouett Shouse, the Republicans decided to have, in addition to their party chief, an active committee manager to do the real political work. For this new professional post, with $15,000 salary, Robert H. Lucas, now Commissioner of Internal Revenue in the Treasury Department...
...General Frank Thomas Hines, Wartime Chief of Embarkation, famed Army administrator decorated by five nations. Continued the President: ''General Hines has been offered a very important commercial position, but has agreed to remain on temporarily to give me the advantage of his wide experience in reorganization of the new setup. As I have said, we will be able to make important economies...