Word: spectacular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Most spectacular Afghan ruler was Reformer-King Amanullah, who got his throne after his father had been assassinated and his uncle ousted. Amanullah had bright ideas about westernizing his backward, picturesque kingdom, but unfortunately for him he also accepted millions of dollars in gifts from the British while playing ball with the Russians. In 1929 His Majesty, "out of patriotic and friendly feelings and of his own free will," abdicated and hastily caught a plane for points west. Since then Afghanistan has changed its rulers three times. Present Afghan ruler is Amanullah's cousin, 25-year-old Mohammed Zahir...
...almost a complete novice at the hill-and-dale sport in the early fall, and his rise to the top bracket of the cross country men of the East has been spectacular. He has been the first Crimson harrier to finish in every race the team has had this year. His climax performance was a third in the Heptagonal meet last Saturday, pacing the Mikkolamen to a first place tie in the team totals with Cornell...
...profit. Steel's third quarter report last week showed its Cinderella common stock back in the black to the tune of $10,420,445-47? a common share, and showed $5.16 operating profit per ton shipped; it is operating at close to 90%. Even more spectacular was the record of Bethlehem Steel, which makes money at a lower rate of operations than its big brother, which is now operating at full capacity, whose common earnings shot up from nothing in the 1938 quarter to $1.10 in the 1939 period, 132% better per share than Big Steel. Bethlehem...
...Chapel Hill, N. C., Texas-bred Ray Wolf's North Carolina boys, led by George Stirnweiss and Jim ("Sweet") Lalanne, two of Dixie's most spectacular razzle-dazzle backs, bedoozled their ancient rivals, North Carolina State, 17-to-0. Undefeated so far this season, North Carolina seemed headed for not only the Southern Conference title but its first undefeated season since...
Pension played his best game of the year in holding the Princeton forward to two goals. One of these was scored by Bud Robie, the Tiger right outside, all-American last year and brother of Ted Robie, former Harvard star after a spectacular triple pass from Bob Goheen to Pet Powell to Robie. The other came on a boot by Goheen, inside left, who took a pass from Ted Richardson...