Word: sportsmanship
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...taught Alfred the hoary Hatha-Yoga secrets of vitality. These stimulated Alfred to an even more intrepid period of reporting. During World War I, a ripened newsman of 86, he entered Germany on a forged neutral passport, was arrested at Frankfort on the Main, was saved by the sportsmanship of the consul of the country from which Alfred supposedly came. In 1926 the mature reporter of 98 was arrested in Portugal, condemned to death, thrown into a dungeon. He escaped with a jailer's help and got back to England...
...which, and with reasonable certainty, is my objective. For this objective can be reached only with a solution of the problem and a measurement of all measurable factors involved in the work of its solving. Therefore, as a further supplementation of the reward in exercise of the spirit of sportsmanship which efforts of solving the problem provide, for additional incentive, it is my desire to increase the offer of financial remunerations for a solution for a partial solution as follows; despite the fact that the problem now has been in the possession of the Department for Advanced Study, and available...
...disparaging comments about the Omaha Field Club course. Their dander up, touchy townsmen, 3,000 strong, booed Ward's shots, tried to rattle him as though he were a baseball pitcher. It got so bad President Pierce of the U.S. Golf Association interrupted the match, appealed for better sportsmanship...
...director of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, organizer and vice president of the San Francisco Employers Council. From Harry Bridges, West Coast longshoremen's leader, Mr. Lapham won high praise during the 1936 maritime strike. Said Bridges: "If the employers as a group will exhibit the same sportsmanship and fairness that you did, the two sides can easily get together...
NEWS AND RELEASES. This Is Still a Democracy Department: At an FDR rally a few weeks ago, the Benny Goodman Sextet showed true sportsmanship in dedicating a number to Wendell Willkie. Tune was Gone With What Wind ... Record of the week: Woody Herman's Beat Me Daddy. Pianist Tommy Linehan and the rhythm section are outstanding, in addition to a swell low register clarinet chorus by Woody himself, with a barrelhouse guitar background (Decca) ... COLUMBIA has tried the interesting experiment of using a small jazz group to accompany a schmaltz singer, and surprisingly enough the experiment is a terrific success...