Word: knots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been said that some people's heads serve only as a knot to keep their backbone from unraveling. The author of that statement certainly said a mouthful. TIME absolutely made no attack upon the priests' convention as was charged by the two gentlemen from Connecticut. I have always found that TIME assumes an impartial attitude entirely lacking in personal opinions and prejudices. The purpose of TIME is to present facts, and you have done this in a manner highly deserving of praise...
...first quarter, Fullback Shapley (Navy) pounded the line until his team was near enough for Quarterback Hamilton to kick its mate. When Caulk- ins (Princeton) picked up a fumbled pass and ran 95 yards, to place Princeton in position for a touchdown, Fullback Shapley ran 35 yards to knot the score into a shapely...
...Secretary of State for India in Council, the Earl of Birkenhead. Thankfully British statesmen learned that she had brought her own curry cook, opining that had she not done so they might have been harder put to provide her with orthodox viands than to unravel the legal knot of her succession...
Bowdoin was not expected to be a knot in the Williams schedule, but all that Williams could...
...Johnston faced each other in the finals. Just as they had expected, Johnston played superbly. His drives bit with the malice of soundless white bees. He took the first set, 6-4, and a huge crowd stood up to shout for him. In the second set came the knot of the match. Johnston led at 9-8 and 30-40. Tilden was serving. If Johnston had taken that point, it would have been extremely unlikely that Tilden could have closed up a two-set lead, and already it was quite clear that this was not a tournament fertile in unlikelihoods...