Word: nosedive
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The aplomb of His Majesty King Ananda Mahidol of Siam, aged 13, was first manifest two years ago when the snub-nosed, sloe-eyed little monarch requested a franc from a cameraman for chocolate before he would pose at his private school in Switzerland. The photographer demurred: "Chocolate might give...
Three Princeton men and only two from Yale were put on the mythical lineup. Surprisingly, both Yale men chosen were Sophomores. Healey, Harvard left tackle, barely nosed out Platt of Yale for his berth, and Mountain of Princeton was considered almost a toss-up with Anderson of Yale for halfback...
Charles Arthur Sprague, 51, of Oregon, a long-nosed small-town publisher (Salem Oregon Statesman).
Eliot House nosed out the harriers from Leverett to take cross country honors yesterday afternoon in the inter-House marathon.
Without fanfare, well aware that it could not steal the spotlight from U. S. football even if its players wore hoop skirts and plumed hats, last week major-league hockey quietly sidled into the North American sport scene at Chicago and Toronto. At Chicago the World-Champion Chicago Blackhawks auspiciously...