Word: win
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...every country in the world. The trouble is that there are too many events, more than 150 of them at the Berlin Games, including many like women's sports that have no real justification for inclusion and many like architecture which Germany brought in at the last minute to win points. Many events mean many participants, and in the large countries the organization of the tams is now big business. A lot of fine sportsmen are on the committees, but they tend to be elbowed out of control by the politicians, wire pullers, and promoters. The games are slipping...
Harvard at present holds the lead in points with one win by Ripley O. Jones '38 in the paper strafing, he cut the paper streamer three times before it reached the ground. Six other Harvard aviators are slated for participation: Keith Davis, George Fox '38, Whedon Johnson '40, and David Hagedorn, Carl Wickstrom, and George Foote all yardlings this year...
...damned Hervey Allen's Action at Aquila, Charles Morgan's Sparkenbroke and Lloyd Douglas' Home for Christmas out of West Coast best-seller lists while they were doing well throughout the rest of the country. His one conspicuous failure was Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People. A full broadcast of dispraise was unavailing against Californian determination to win and influence...
...Howie Borck of Manhattan who ran the distance in 4:13.9. At the 660 mark Northrop pulled out of the thirteenth place into first and went out ahead of Peter Bradley of Princeton and Borck. Borck stepped up his pace, however and went after Northrop to pass him and win by 20 yards...
...Harvard polo team defeated Myopia 12 to 5 Saturday at Hamilton to win the three-match series from them. Skiddy von Stade scored four goals for Harvard, Gaylord Dillingham '40 four, Bennett Forbes '39, three; and Peter Rumsey one. The Summary HARVARD MYOPIA Bennett Forbes, 1 1, J. Seamon Gaylod Dillingham, 2 2, Frederick Ayer Skiddy von Stade, 3 3, Francis Chalifoux Peter Rumsey, back >back, Capt. F. A. Clark...