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...regularly and so thrillingly came through in the face of the direst subversive influences-and Author Buchan so obviously believed that he could and should-that to his Empire audience he and his heroes came to have a sort of Empire symbolism all their own. Coupled with his yeoman political and patriotic services, this gave Buchan a place on the list of Britain's public patriots not far down the line from Winston Churchill. As well indicated by their hearty welcome to George VI last summer, the Dominion is nothing if not patriotic. Hence the choice of Patriot Buchan...
Lawyer, Legislator. In little Celina, Cordell Hull began practice in 1891. In the fall of 1892 he was elected to serve in the Legislature in Nashville, before he was old enough to vote. In his first term he performed yeoman party service: Acting as lawyer for an elections committee, he helped throw out 20,000 ballots as fraudulent, thereby replaced an apparently elected Republican Governor with an apparently defeated Democrat...
...fire department arrived on the scene almost immediately, and did yeoman service amid the lusty cheers of a large crowd. Mattresses, lamps, books, clothing, and badly-charred chairs were thrown out of the window. A number of bystanders narrowly escaped serious injuries from the debris which poured out of the burning suite...
...this game also, with the "foot" in football very evident. Charlie Buell kicked two field goals, Arnold Horween one, for the game's only scores. The next two years saw almost identical games. Yale entered the favorite, emerged beaten 10 to 3, with Charlie Buell and George Owen doing yeoman service for the winners on both occasions...
...guard situation has not improved appreciably since the announcement Monday that Ernie Sargeant had given up football. Dick pfister has looked better, and Tom Lacey has been doing yeoman work as his sub. Pfister's weak spot at present is his blocking on pullout plays when he is slated to clean out defensive backs. This phase of his blocking could be improved...