Word: stead
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...refuse to be presented to His Royal Highness," said Mr. Shaw after the bout. "I was asked to present the prizes to the boxers in his stead, but it would hardly have been correct for me to do so, since he was present...
...RESOLVED, that the membership of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association views with deepest concern the continued efforts being made to negative the operation of the law of supply and demand and to substitute in its stead an artificial control of the price of newsprint. . . . The membership further feels that any increase in the price of newsprint, in the face of existing conditions will be persuasive evidence that such increased price will be the result of collusive combination...
...Pauline Frederick, an oldtimer on stage and screen, does a fine piece of work in the principal female role of the mother full of maternal affection. It is a difficult role to handle without slopping over into the worst sort of sentimentality and her experience stands her in good stead...
Prime U. S. button-presser is President Hoover. But last week the President could not oblige. In his stead Vice President Curtis did some button-pressing to flash a signal from Washington to Rhode Island. There a cannon boomed salutes. An airplane dropped noisemakers. U. S. Cruiser Dallas tooted its whistle. Two little girls cut ribbons while silk-hatted notables stood by. These ceremonious alarums celebrated the opening of the new Mt. Hope suspension bridge, world's seventh largest, connecting the two sea-severed fragments of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Best ceremony: initiation of Rhode Island...
...Gilligan is a greatly improved runner. Stepping high and shifty, the speedy Junior showed none of his former tendencies to run for the sidelines, but made straight for the holes driven through the opposing forward wall. Once across the line of scrimmage, his weaving tactics stood him in good stead. Charles Devens is a strong runner whose versatility will prove valuable. He can back, the line, run the ends, and fits into the lateral passing game well. Harper backed up the line in the usual efficient manner and seems to have more speed than last season. Mays, Sophomore flash...