Word: winning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Harvard should have a fighting chance to win the annual I. C. A. A. A. A. cross country meet to be held at Van Cortlandt Park, New York City, on Monday, November 25, according to Jaakko Mikkola, Crimson coach...
...normal senses would go down hook, line, and sinker on Harvard or Yale to win the November 23 classic. Too many things can happen before then. Head Coach Horween of Harvard has a job on his hands to lay his plans for a successful assault against Holy Cross next Saturday, without jeopardizing the prospects against Yale, but Harvard has been through four hard-fought games on the last four Saturdays and there is less of a mental strain this week for the Crimson than there is for Yale in pointing for its traditional clash with Princeton. One reason for this...
...Republicans of Goodwill." Summoned by President Doumergue to form a cabinet last week, Fighter Tardieu accepted the mandate with characteristic brusqueness. He would not consult party leaders and try to win their support, he said. Others had done that and failed. Instead he would ask "republicans of good will," like Briand, to enter his cabinet on their personal responsibility, without impliedly pledging the support of their parties. With this cabinet he would face the Chamber of Deputies and they might unseat or sustain him as they chose. In effect, M. Tardieu slapped down before all France the following cabinet list...
...most famed of Mexican feminists, Dona Sofia Villa de Buentello, a handsome woman in her early 40's, called on President Emilio Portes Gil. Women she declared would make ideal pollwatchers and ballot-counters "because they would not let themselves be corrupted or suborned, nor can they hope to win high Government posts by selling themselves vilely." In a word Dona Sofia asked the President to decree 100% feminine custody of the presidential vote. He promised to ponder her suggestion, gallantly bowed her out; soon the Ministry of Interior announced: "Federal troops will be assigned to prevent disorder or fraud...
Thus did Confidence win its subtle race against Panic...