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...years Adolf Hitler had imagined that he could see behind the eyes of certain rigidly respectful generals the proud insistence that while they were military patricians, he was only a pretentious upstart. It was impossible to be sure which of them harbored such outrageous thoughts...
...Collector Karolik's greatest satisfaction came not with the opening of the new wing, but three days later when his chief rival, No. 1 U.S. Antique Collector Henry du Pont, tripped up to Boston to look over the work of the upstart. "For his opinion I wass waiting," said Karolik. "He wass bowled ofer...
...mighty tyrannosaurus rex, the favorite has taken a licking. Look at Goliath, for example. All we know about him is that he was "of great size" and a "champion of the Philistines." Obviously he was a good man, if a bit unpopular withal. And then up steps, that little upstart of a David and overthrows him by means that even a Yaleman wouldn't sink to. Goliath is undoubtedly one of the most abused characters in history, just because his enemies happened to write about...
...sedate Los Angeles Philharmonic met competition last week-and did not much like it. The upstart who provided the competition was a hawk-eyed, gloomy-looking U.S. composer-conductor, Werner Janssen, who, well in advance of the Philharmonic's opening, led his 48 musicians through their first concert of the season...
...replace Francis Schmidt. At Massillon (Ohio) High School, Brown had chalked up a record of only one defeat in 60 games. No one expects him to steer the Buckeyes through the season undefeated-with Northwestern, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan still to play-but on his record so far Upstart Brown has done the outstanding coaching job of the year...