Word: tail-end
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...saying that it would be inadvisable for this government to do anything that did not follow the lead of London, Mr. Hull faced the dilemma of our neutrality legislation. If we follow London we are the tail-end of the League of Nations; if not, we may suffer embarrassment as in the Ethiopian affair. If the United States labels Valencia as a "belligerent" without treating Germany and Italy similarly, it appears to be discriminating against the Loyalist government of Spain...
Although British Labor M. P.'s know their constituents are eager for Rearmament jobs, they know these toilers are also for Peace, and at the tail-end of last week's debate Labor Party Leader Major Clement Attlee mustered practically his followers' full strength behind a motion to censure the Baldwin Cabinet on the grounds that their Rearmament program is: 1) dealing a blow to the League of Nations; 2) raising the cost of living in the United Kingdom, 3) preparing the way for an eventual new Depression more disastrous than the last. By a vote...
...their crack shortstop, "Arky" (from Arkansas) Vaughan, last week made his 19th homerun and was leading the National League in batting with an average of .400. September's schedule does not favor the Giants, but they will end their season with five games against the tail-end Boston Braves, while the Cubs and Cardinals play each other. Nonetheless, in St. Louis last week, Cardinals' executives announced that they were ready to sell seats for the World Series...
...hard work was on the program for the Varsity A Team yesterday afternoon at Soldiers Field but Coach Casey put the B outfit to work against the Jayvees in a 45-minute scrimmage, and the scrubs left the field on the tail-end of a 6-0 score...
...varsity this season, in centre field, and at bat, that he has given Coach Mitchell a tricky batting order problem. The big right-hander has moved into Captain Lupien's fourth place on the batting roster, and has kept himself from sinking back into the pitcher's traditional tail-end position by virtue of his fine hitting at critical moments. Devens is the Crimson first string twirler, and has therefore been saved for the heavier Saturday games in the past. Instead of sitting on the bench during the week he has been playing in centre field for Gleason...