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Word: standings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mayor Duvall's defense counsel, who mean to appeal his conviction through the Indiana Supreme Court, said: "John Duvall isn't the first Indianapolis man made to stand and defend himself solely because he was unfortunate enough to run and be elected to office." The charges against unfortunate John Duvall had included his acceptance of $14,500 from one William H. Armitage, gambler, saloonist and politician, in return for the privilege of naming three city officials. This privilege Mr. Duvall was said to have revoked later when he found it conflicted with similar privileges he had promised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Indiana Corruption | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...honored?a lieutenant-commander of a Mediterranean torpedo flotilla in the War. While being cheered he held in his arms small Jay Ward, aged 7, from Philadelphia, "typical American boy," new official Legion mascot. After his speech of acceptance, Commander Spafford was said to have slipped away alone to stand at salute beside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: In Paris | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...What I said in that article was the plain, unvarnished, God's truth and I am going to stand back of it to the last spar. The truth is that they are spending money like hell and getting little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Magruder Incident | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...addition to the four quarter backs, Coach Arnold Horween '20 has ten backfield men at his disposal this year. All of them are fast, most of them are tough, the kind of backs which can stand a lot of hammering, and more than half of them are competent kickers as well as ball carriers. J. P. Crosby '28, A. E. French '29, and David Guarnaccia '29 are the only members of this backfield squad who have had previous University experience, but, in the opinion of this writer at least, they will find themselves hard pressed to hold down their positions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 10/1/1927 | See Source »

...some cases three, sets of high class backs which have been almost equal in strength and versatility. A glance at the array of backs mentioned above indicates the possibility of such a situation at Harvard this year. Let us consider the various backfield combinations as they now stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 10/1/1927 | See Source »

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