Word: fray
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were in hot dispute when our friend (James Jenkins for short) came into the fray. I bade him read carefully the whole article and then tell us whether or not he thought it unbiased. All three of us voted for Calvin Coolidge last November. We awaited Jenkins' opinion somewhat avidly. PERKINS: "Well, do you call that unbiased?" JENKINS: "I do not." 1 : "Then I lose. You both agree that it is undignified." JENKINS: "Not undignified, but not unbiased, either. A blarney article. I'm after thinking it a lot of soft soap in eulogy of Coolidge...
...thrill of victory, and yet each gave way to another quite as stirring. To the wearers of the Crimson go the honorable laurels of a brave defeat; to the warriors in Blue the sincere congratulations which any true sportsman must extend to the victors of a hard-fought fray. Marking as it did Yale's tenth consecutive major sport victory over Harvard, the men of New Haven may well be proud of last night's achievement and of the athletes who have made possible such a record...
...University team, declares Coach Lewis, is in good condition for the fray. Lacking F. B. Hill '25, who is still out with grippe, the Crimson line-up will contain Milton Krook '25, B. J. Goldberg '26, Carl Stearns '26, R. D. Harmon '26, H. R. Wood '27, F. B. Hayne '26, and C. H. Bradford...
...thigh with a barbed arrow. He ordered a soldier to pull it out, but the man couldn't, so he drew his pistol and threatened: "If you don't pull it out, I'll shoot you." When it was out he rushed back into the fray...
Next into the fray came the majestic dreadnoughts Hood, Repulse, Ramillies, Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign, Resolution, Revenge. From a distance of over ten miles, their 15-inch guns belched their destructive salvos of heavy shells, and at the end of the ninth hour, the Monarch lay riddled in Davy Jones' locker...