Word: brightest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...playing of Slagle, whose brilliance was the outstanding feature of Princeton's overwhelming victory in the Stadium last November, was the brightest spot of the Amherst contest. It was evident that the Princeton attack would be built once again around this flashy halfback. The became even clearer the following week...
...entered the University of Illinois, became the brightest star of a brilliant freshman backfield. After his first varsity year he was chosen for Walter Camp's All-American. His combined speed, power, and cleverness in open field work, coaches declared, had not been paralleled in the last decade. Last year, in the first twelve minutes of a game against Michigan, he made four runs of from 45 to 90 yards each. At the kickoff he raced from his goal-line to score a touchdown, a feat which has been accomplished only eleven times in history. During the Michigan game...
...some time must pass before the first four were on a firm financial footing. As regards agriculture, Mr. Smith said : "The Hungarian land is a great possession and Hungary is very fortunate to be able to support herself by it." The prospect for the 1925 crop was the very brightest...
...GREAT GATSBY-F. Scott Fitzgerald-Scribner-($2.00). Still the brightest boy in the class, Scott Fitzgerald holds up his hand. It is noticed that his literary trousers are longer, less bell-bottomed, but still precious. His recitation concerns Daisy Fay who, drunk as a monkey the night before she married Tom Buchanan, muttered: "Tell 'em all Daisy's chang' her mind." A certain penniless Navy lieutenant was believed to be swimming out of her emotional past. They gave her a cold bath, she married Buchanan, settled expensively at West Egg, L. I., where soon appeared one lonely...
...Richards ran away with the Rolls Royce and the part of its chauffer. His amusing flirtation with Miss Clark continue to be the brightest moments in every play. Mr. Collier, who prepared at Harvard, did the inebriate act with sure and telling affect...