Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are other likely candidates, of course. And then there is always the chance that Mr. Roosevelt will indulge himself in another of those proud, unpredictable gestures that sent Hugo Black up to the Supreme Court, to the consternation of the country, and the amazed disbelief of his colleagues: If the President should be in that kind of mood again, anyone from Mayor La Guardia to Governor Phil La Follette or Maury Maverick of Texas might find themselves reading minority opinions one of these days...
...varsity squad, 42 of whom were captains of their prep-school or high-school football teams. Starting the season with 177 varsity candidates, he weeded them out until he had three complete teams, any one of which the late, great Knute Rockne, his teacher, might have been proud of. Victor over Kansas, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Carnegie Tech, Army, Navy and Minnesota on successive Saturdays, last week Notre Dame added Northwestern to its string-and incidentally exhibited a substitute quarterback named Willard Hofer who scored all nine points of its 9-to-7 victory...
Although the State Department was especially proud of having wangled Britain's removal of a 6?-per-bushel duty on wheat, U. S. traders were inclined to believe that Canadian as well as Argentine dumping programs might negate the importance of the concession. Day after the treaty was signed, Chicago wheat prices actually fell. Lesser disappointments were registered by lumbermen, coal and metal miners, tanners, papermen...
Hence, the proud feat of Coach Jack Carr's eleven calls for recognition. It is the result of a three hour grind of practice every day of the season. It is the fruit of an acquired skill and precision only appreciated by those who have played the game, never by the spectators. It is the work of much more than an aggregation of the individual stars which it possessed; it is the work of a team, co-operating completely, and molded by fine coaching. Though soccer is nominally a minor sport, such an eleven has truly earned the right...
When interviewed on the subway en route to Cambridge around 9:30 o'clock Saturday night, Isabel Jenifer Esmeralda Harlow admitted that she was "very proud" of her "Daddy...