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...International Police Force (ultimate name unimportant} to swing the above nightsticks and crack them over the heads of sovereign states which do not toe the mark of International Decency...
...will bring together Bourne and Wood in a race new to Harvard's versatile captain. Bourne was clocked at 2 minutes, 22 seconds against Brown. Coach Ulen was undecided last night as to what other events Wood will enter, but it is probable that he will face McGill's crack natator again before the evening is over...
...good are the Democratic prospects that the friends of Al Smith are contending that, as a reward for his large but losing popular vote in 1928, he is entitled to a second crack at the Presidency now that victory seems closer...
...world's record, was one of the 18 members of the team, as was Johann Grottumsbraaten, clothes dealer of Oslo, a slight, baldheaded man of 32, whom most Norwegians consider the greatest skier in the world. The Swedes brought a woman to cook their food, a crack team for the 50-kilometer ski-race...
...exploits, they said: "He did more to spread the gospel of goodwill between America and South Africa than any mem ber of the party, according to Manager Gish."* Other voters called him ''a sterling character . . . innately modest . . . a successful influence for good among the growing generation ... a crack rifle shot...