Word: yama
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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True, the Japanese refer to Fujiyama as Fujisan; but san in this case means mountain (as does yama) and is written with a character quite different from the san meaning Mr., Mrs. or Miss...
Gridiron captain and center last fall Johnny Walker is backstop for the Scarlet and White outfit. Walker and third baseman Johnny "Yama" Quinn may provide puncherino for the Terrier lads...
...bowed to the Rhode Island State Rams and the Tufts Jumbos in their first two engagements, but Leahy is liable to prove to be a tough nut to crack for Lupe Lupien and Co. The Terrier lineup packs quite a bit of offensive punch too, with third sacker John "Yama" Quinn and catcher Johnny Walker being the chief threats...
...Castles starts when Vernon (Fred Astaire) is working as stooge in a revue sketch with Lew Fields (Lew Fields). When he meets Irene Foote (Ginger Rogers), daughter of a New Rochelle doctor, he is first horrified by her amateurish version of Bessie McCoy's Yama Yama dance, then by her brash assumption, after watching him cut loose with a few tap steps on the station platform, that the future holds more for him than a putty nose...
...Sugiyama, an out-and-out militarist, to be War Minister. Premier Hayashi, however, with a show of tact, gave that portfolio to Kotaro Nakamura. Last week Kotaro Nakamura, after being in office for only one week, conveniently fell ill, and to the undisguised joy of the Army, General Sugi yama was given his job. The new War Minister at once showed his gratitude by announcing to Finance Minister Yuki that "the Army would not consent to a reduction of its $205,000,000 budget...