Word: topped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...staged as excuse for an export embargo. At the same time, Minenkrieg more deadly than ever was pressed home in British waters, over the sea as well as under it. German agents in Belgium and The Netherlands let those two neutrals know that they had better protest at the top of their lungs against this new invasion of their rights. This both countries did and in The Netherlands' case the protest conveyed as much real as dictated anguish, for one Hollander in three derives his livelihood from German trade. Minister Jonkheer Edgar Michïels van Verduyen...
Another Tiger, capable Jim Worth, and Dartmouth's Dan Dacey, receive top ranking in a season which produced few good guards. Worth, Dacey, Dunbar of Cornell, and Burnam of Yale were the best of a poor lot. Worth's experience and Dacey's speed put them on the first eleven...
Yale's inspirational leader, Bill Stack, was one of the great pivot men of the year, but Frick of penn pushed him hard for top honors. Stack lifted the Eli linemen to great heights on many occasions and saved them from open collapse in other games...
High-grade backfield men were numerous all over the circuit, but this year top mention belongs to Cornell's superb blocking quarterback, pathfinder Walt Matuszezak. He was the heart of Coach Snavely's attack, the answer to any coach's prayer. There were brilliant running backs to run through the gaping holes he manufactured in enemy lines, and chief among them was Whit Baker...
...business knows about them and allows for them. Shaw had been playing for enough years when he started as a leader to know what he was up against. The plain facts are that he didn't have any guts. Goodman didn't change his style to get to the top--he stuck to his guns and starved far longer than Shaw to get to the top. Count Basie played at $18 a week for six years before getting anywhere. Even sweet bands like Sammy Kaye were broke, but didn't bellyache. The show business demands...