Word: superiors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...many boys raised in Iowa go to sea, fewer still become admirals. Perhaps William Daniel Leahy would today be a corn-hog farmer if his Iowan parents had not moved when he was still young to Ashland, Wis., on the shore of Lake Superior. As it was, when he graduated from high school he wangled an appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy, and last week President Roosevelt announced that, effective Jan. 1 Admiral William Daniel Leahy, Commander of the Battle Force, will be Chief of Naval Operations, No. 1 U. S. sailor. He will succeed Admiral William Harrison Standley...
...Elis during the rest of the encounter holding Harvard scoreless. The last tally of the game came in the second half. Although the Crimson managed to retain possession of the ball for about half the game, the Cambridge booters did not have the ability to match a superior Yale attack...
...celebration over some disappointment in someone failing to blow something or other. He was just as serious as was the ignorance of Rhodes when he gave thirteen scholarships meaning one for every state in our Union. I've been disappointed not only in what I thought was a superior English intelligence but also in their accent. So far as I can make out Harvard is the best place for the Oxford accent...
Scoring in the second period, and following that with two more touchdowns in the third frame and one in the fourth period, the Eli cubs were superior throughout the game. It was not until the final few minutes when the Yale third stringers were in, that the Crimson was able to score...
...between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. Judge Sheridan said in part: "There is a vicious notion prevalent that any will not acceptable to the testator's next of kin may be broken in the courts upon very frivolous grounds". Since in the great majority of cases the superior court upholds the decision of the lower, the University would seem to be in line for a large sum of money...