Word: topflighters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...topflight Texas historian thought it would take a lot more than that. Writing in the current Southwest Review, Walter Prescott Webb, longtime professor of history at the University of Texas declared flatly that the great principle of the Republican Party itself was archaic and had been archaic for years...
...outstanding athletes won topflight sport awards last week, and incidentally helped fortify their bargaining positions...
...stature left that was still unbeaten was Virginia. In 192-lb. Johnny Papit, Virginia had a powerful, swivel-hipped fullback who was as good as they come (his coach rates him better than the great Bill Dudley, Virginia's wonder boy of nearly a decade ago), but in topflight 1949 football individual stars are as out of style as the scoreless tie and the "60-minute...
...good for morale to let everybody help to score the touchdowns. In the era of super-coaching, when defensive and offensive adjustments are made up to the instant the ball is snapped, a new type of football player is in demand. The first quality Wilkinson and other topflight coaches look for, even in linemen: ability to react quickly...
Died. Mark Warnow, 47, topflight radio orchestra leader (MARCH OF TIME, We, the People), conductor (since 1937) of 493 broadcasts of Your Hit Parade; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan...