Word: uphold
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Knight of the Thistle is the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Claud George Bowes-Lyon, a descendant of Scottish kings far more ancient in lineage than is Britain's Royal House. The Earl, pious and as Scotch as the Thistle itself, is at pains to uphold the motto of his House: In Thee, O Lord, have I put my trust...
Tonight the Harvard team will argue the negative of the proposition, "Resolved: That Al Smith should be elected president". Next Thursday three other men will uphold the positive side of the same question against Yale in Symphony Hall. The men for this second debate have been competing this week, and their names will be announced in a few days...
...Thursday of next week a Crimson team will uphold the affirmative of the same question against a negative Eli group in Symphony Hall, Boston...
...President Chiang Kai-shek. Since religion has been utterly divorced from Nationalism, no Bible or other symbol of the supernatural was in evidence. The new Chief Executive simply bowed three times before a portrait of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen (founder of the Nationalist Party), swore to uphold Dr. Sun's famed Three Nationalist Principles, and finally invoked three times as a potent witness the spirit of SUN YATSEN. When President Chiang had thus sworn, he was followed in the same ritual by five lesser Presidents, each of whom will administer one of the five Yuans into which...
Putnam is at present the leading candidate for the pilot position. He prepared for college at Milton where he directed the team in his senior year. Coming to Harvard with an excellent reputation to uphold, he fully lived up to expectations by capably piloting his team throughout the season. In addition to filling the quarterback post, he was the high scorer of the team, counting in five games four touchdowns and one field goal. In his Sophomore year Putnam began the season in suspicious fashion. His wise selection of plays combined with a certain degree of daring were largely responsible...