Word: tops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...good time the influx of new members is bound to show in new faces, new and more progressive policies at the top. But the dominant figures in A. F. of L. are still such old-line, hardshell, Laborites as the Carpenters' Republican Bill Hurcheson, the little photo-engraving union's tiny Republican Matt Woll, the Bricklayers' rich, potent Harry Bates. The man most likely to lead the new forces, when and if they break into power, is smart, Democratic Dan Tobin. It was open talk around the convention that he would go after Bill Green...
...career, he remarked, which has placed him at the top of all living violinists, has been worth while "only because of the satisfaction it has given me as an artist...
...times. If he has been shaken up in an automobile accident, if he has just recovered from a hard cold, if he is fatigued from a long journey--these things must not be allowed to affect his performance. He is expected to be at the top of his form, continuously, no matter what happens--if he is to achieve that precious thing called fame...
...Tuesday night Bird went to the Boston railroad yards to look the ground over and found that, unlike the South, New England box cars are kept locked; consequently he was forced to ride on top or beneath...
Backfield Coach Dave Colwell had his first blow of the week when it was learned that Gordon Lyle, promising St. Paul's wingback, would be out for the season. On top of that Graham is out with a bad foot, Waldstein with a cold, and possibly McNicol with an injured knee...