Word: winning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...visiting team, while representative of a comparatively small institution, has compiled a good record against all sorts of opposition and should stand an excellent chance of upsetting the Crimson today. The 1928 Rhode Island outfit turned the trick last spring when they bunched their safeties off Whitmore to win by a 4 to 3 count. Their lineup today includes five veterans of that team. Either Scott or Acroyd who have been doing most of the hurling for the invaders all season. Will be on the mound this afternoon...
...there was very little at stake. M. Henri Jaspar is still prime minister. In the central legislature, the greatest gain in seats was made by the Liberal party, which had encouraged closer relations with France and opposed the liquor laws forbidding the drinking of hard liquor in public. To win voters from Antwerp and Brussels, notorious amateurs of fine Burgundy, the Liberals promised reduced duties on imported French wines...
William Gibbs McAdoo placatingly ex plained that, after he had exhorted San Diegoans to buy Liberty Bonds and keep courage to win the War, he did not have face to refuse a proffered air ride. He would have seemed to lack courage...
Died. Archibald Philip Primrose, Fifth Earl of Rosebery, 82, of Durdans, Epsom, England; at Durdans. His 17-year-old boasts were: he would marry an heiress, win the Derby, become Prime Minister of England. He accomplished all three: married Hannah, eldest daughter of late great Baron Meyer de Rothschild; won the Derby thrice; was Liberal Prime Minister...
...Lorimer driven from the White House grounds through the east gate, than Publisher Hearst drove in through the west gate. He, with Mrs. Hearst, took lunch with the President "by special invitation." Again statements from any of the lunchers were lacking, but the coincidence set people wondering who would win the race, which is sure to come among publishers and editors, for Hoover articles...