Word: vies
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the late lamented "collegiate" days at Harvard the only aim of athletic schedules was to turn out teams which could vie with similar aggregations from Yale. During this time of mighty traditions and turtle-neck sweaters, contests with other colleges were regarded chiefly as a means of preparing for the all-important tilt with the Bulldog; naturally, when the custom of awarding insignia to Varsity teams was adopted, the letters went only to those who had participated in the Yale game...
Much of the romance leaves the mascot, however, when we discover each game brings a different representative. While the traditional Army Mule munches his fodder down on the Hudson, local dandies of the species, vie for the honor of performing in the Stadium. This week, it is reported, Emma, who has spent a tedious life hauling garbage in Boston streets, and the only mule in the city, was all brushed and rested in expectation of a sure appointment, when her hopes were dashed by the choice of a younger mule from Fort Devens...
...French wheat in making flour, and the farmer is further protected by French tariffs and quotas raised against the world's great wheat growing states (see p. 17). With bread prices bound to rise, French papers bristled last week with indignant plaints headed THE DEAR LIFE (La Vie Chére). On the Riviera rich Bruce Bundy of Los Angeles announced a plan to form an island colony "as a refuge from high French prices and the depreciated dollar." Socialite colonists would purchase all their necessary luxuries on a co-operative basis. Reported ready to join the colony were...
After the week spent in turning back the rugged forces of Yale, Army, and Pennsylvania Military College, the Harvard and Princeton polo teams have earned the right to vie for the intercollegiate polo title, which will be decided tomorrow at Rye, New York. Although the Crimson teams have won this championship twice before, the Tigers have never come through in the finals, save unofficially...
...Bourbon princess, master in his own right of 15% of the world's tin resources. A rise of 4? a pound in tin, a rise which took place last week, put some $2,000,000 a year into his pocket. The only person in the world who can vie with him is good Queen Wilhelmina of Holland who controls the Dutch tin industry, producer of 20% of the world's tin. But alas for both of them, their prospective profits were in dollars which, translated into francs and guilders, would be very much diminished...