Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...season, any one in the College, whether he ran during the winter or not, is urged to come out. Coach Farrell especially wants a large number of Freshmen, who with four years ahead of them will have ample time to develop even if they have no previous experience to support their present aspirations...
...more awkward position. The British press flayed him daily because he did not insist that, whatever happened, Germany must be got within the League and the Locarno Pacts nailed down. Unfortunately, Sir Austen was obliged to admit, tacitly at least, that he had secretly committed the British Government to support the claims of Poland. It was made clear that only upon this supposition did France and Poland indorse the Locarno Treaties in the first place. The vicious circle was complete. The temptation to "put things off," however great the dangers of that course, was almost irresistible...
...last year. Last week it crashed inexplicably to 4.01. Fiscal experts croaked that this was the most serious break in a European currency since the Dawes plan stabilized the German mark. At Brussels, Finance Minister Janssen was flayed by the Opposition for having allegedly withdrawn in part the support of the Government in "pegging" the franc. While the true cause of the break remained obscure, it was rumored that a slight devaluation of the franc to a point where it may be more firmly pegged is contemplated...
...Yale team was forced by the nature of the question to rely chiefly on wit and humorous effects to support the affirmative, while the Crimson debaters had the advantage of being able to bring into play the more serious aspects of the matter. Basil Davenport, the last speaker for the affirmative, showed himself particularly adept at warding off his opponents by a brilliant and witty line of argument...
...doing this the Chancery Club has the support of President Lowell and the Law School faculty. President Lowell has always expressed himself in favor of getting the students of the University together, and Professor A. W. Scott said at a dinner of the club recently, that while he was not in favor of doing away with classroom work, he felt that it should be supplemented by such discussion as the Chancery Club offers...