Word: statements
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Coady '27, captain of the 1927 University team, gave out the following statement: "I am heartily in favor of the appointment of Horween as coach. I hope that every undergraduate will get behind the new regime and support the team for all he is worth. This selection will be a fine thing for the future of Harvard football...
...were made for Punch by John Leech from 1845-1859. These drawings represent the reactions of the common people to a financial panic which occurred in London at that time. Another of particular current interest is the graphic representation of a man trying to figure out his income tax statement. At the top of the picture is the inscription. "Cease rude Boreas blustering sailes, trust your fortune's care...
...Count's lawyer, Mr. Goodstein, made the following statement to the press: "Count Salm has neither required, sought nor obtained financial aid and he is not indebted to anybody on any account. He is quite able to pay his own way and has shown in court proceedings that he was and is about to support his wife [the onetime Millicent Rogers] and child [Peter] and to provide a suitable home for them...
Borah's Reply. Late despatches from Innsbruck declared that the waiting Tyrolians had not yet received a direct reply but that parts of a statement made by the Senator to U. S. pressmen had "evoked enthusiasm" when cabled to Austria. He said...
...book sparkles with quotable lines. Apropos of the statement that Irving Berlin can neither read nor write music, Dr. Collins observes: "Some who have heard his compositions will say 'I knew it!'" And then he adds: "Homer could neither read nor write and his poetry has stirred the hearts of thousands of generations...