Word: stickful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Life insurance companies were rescuing the Iowa farmer from beneath his debt pile not because of charity or sentiment but because of hard economic necessity. All the companies asked was that the farmer stick by his land and pay something for the sake of appearances. Their concessions to him were widely regarded as the first major break on the front of private debts-a crumbling of moral obligations-to-pay which creditors have been stoutly maintaining through three hard years. Where the insurance companies led other big financial concerns were expected to follow. With most of them...
Coach Pool, a former all American lacrosse player, succeeds Madison Sayles '27 as Varsity coach this year. He will be assisted by H. M. Myerson '32, exVarsity football player, who will also coach the Freshman squad. The first few weeks of practice will be devoted to fundamentals and stick-work...
Filipinos are credited with coining "Yo-Yo's" present name. When the Duke of Wellington played with one. Englishmen called it a "Quiz." Most dictionaries, including Webster's, stick to the old name "Bandalore...
...caused a store in Monrovia, Calif. to stick this sign in its window: "Pre-Technocracy Clearance Sale...
Score--Harvard 5, Princeton 4. Goals--First Period: Saltonstall (Putnam), 2.50; Glazebrook, 8.33; Glazebrook (Whitman), 9.34; Baldwin, 19.38. Second Period: Glazebrook (Whitman), 6.56; Baldwin (Putnam), 9.48; Lane (Kammer), 10.19; Putnam, 17.25. Third Period: Wolcott, 3.13. Penalties--Wolcott (hooking); Kammer (holding); Putnam (high stick); Saltonstall (stiff check). Referees--Smith and Foley. Time--Three 20-minute periods...