Word: worth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with natural leadership abilities will go a long way towards keeping the team together as a fighting unit. Schwartz is not big; he stands five feet, 10 inches in height and tips the beam at only 180, but he has other qualities which will make him a man well worth watching in the battle with the Crimson...
...found to be merely borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, overworking the junior for the sake of saving the senior. There is left, then the obvious question as to whether such a policy could be effective on a wide enough basis to benefit many. The matter should be worth serious consideration, however, for in theory it has much to commend it. The practical application of the plan on a small scale, in the managership of the polo team, should, at any rate, prove extremely interesting, and the idea may prove to be worth carrying further
Broom corn grows in sandy Kansas, Illinois and Oklahoma soil. It is still a valuable crop, despite vacuum cleaners' wide use. The U. S. crop this year is worth about $4,000,000. Last week growers set up a cry; they need harvest hands at once, else the crop may be spoiled...
During the course of the season, he won 27 and lost three. After the world series he clicked with his girl and took in about $100,000 worth of contracts for endorsements and got a $30,000 contract with the "New Yorks" and took to eating the kind of breakfasts he really liked, nine-course breakfasts. Still, he didn't quite know what it was all about...
Herbert Bayard Swope, of the Democratic New York World, bought an estate worth $450,000 on Long Island. Its name is "Keewaydin." This means, the Republican and opposition New York Herald-Tribune hastened to point out, "Northwest Wind, or, in some dialects, Very...