Word: ruggedness
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No mere "vocal wind" but apt, powerful and profound is "goldplated anarchy," synonym for rugged individualism" [TIME, Sept 10]. Can this be a new rallying cry, a new "Battle Cry of Freedom?" Is this the plain name for that camouflaged something which the diehards fight so tenaciously to hold?
Afghanistan, where every shepherd carries a rifle, and boiling in oil is part of the criminal code, is the home of the world's most rugged individualists. But Afghanistan, the nation, is a far more decorous member of the League of Nations than it would have been even five...
Coach Dietz, one of the keenest minds in the gridiron game, is firmly convinced that in the ambitious, rugged athletes from the smaller, lesser known colleges the best material for crack professional aggregations is to be found, and the shining example of Cliff Battles backs up his contention. Consequently, the...
While Mr. Sinclair was stepping ashore in Manhattan, the rest of U. S. oildom was assembled in the rain at Titusville, Pa., celebrating the 75th anniversary of the drilling of the first oil well by the late Col. Edwin I. Drake. The celebration was no love feast. While Secretary of...
A tall, rugged, affable North Dakotan who spent no little part of his naval career installing accounting systems in Navy bases, John Hancock turned $2,000,000 deficits into profits, used profits to pay off $4,500,000 of debts, made up a capital deficit and generally provided a shining...