Word: combativeness
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Thus Mr. Mitchell and his troubles. But Mr. Mitchell likes exercise and combat. He daily goes through setting up exercises, frequently walks from his home (No. 934 Fifth Avenue) to his office (No. 55 Wall Street). He likes surf-swimming, the rougher the better. He plays tennis with slams and bangs. As he sits at his rather old-fashioned desk, overlooked by a picture of George Washington, and listens to his three telephones ringing, his curved eyebrows may become a bit more Mephistophelian as he remembers one of his pet business maxims?that the typical U. S. system...
...soccer team will combat one of its hardest opponents of the season when it meets Bradford-Durfee at 2 o'clock this afternoon immediately following the University game. The first year men have been improving steadily during the season, and should do well...
...rest" in Florida. Gossipers spoke of the failure of his leadership, predicted that Brigadier Charles McNary of Oregon would soon be advanced to Chief of Staff. So feeble became the tariff fighting that Democratic Chief of Staff Robinson also went off, for a fortnight's holiday in Arkansas. Combat came to a farcical standstill on Saturday when brigadier generals deserted wholesale. General Edge went to New Jersey, preventing action on his earthenware schedules, whereas any action in the metals salient was checked by the absence of General Reed. Even Field Marshal Simmons left his front-line headquarters...
...Japanese despatch from Hankow reporting a great "People's Army" victory in Honan Province, and streams of wounded Nationalists pouring into the city of Tengchow "the majority suffering from sword and bayonet wounds, indicating that the People's Army were engaging in hand to hand combat, to conserve ammunition...
...misrepresented William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, as favoring a higher sugar duty, but said it was an "accidental mistake." Denying that he was a lobbyist who buttonholed Senators, Lobbyist Austin protested that his activities were entirely ethical and aboveboard, that they were necessary to combat the "propaganda" of foreign sugar interests, particularly the National City Bank, in favor of a low duty...