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Word: accomplishments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Quintessence" was written in an attempt to show in the language of the theatre that such a mission can be achieved by the theatre and to accomplish his purpose Evreinov has emphasized a very subtle and at times tantalizing technique. While the play supposedly takes place in Russia actually it takes place somewhere on the border land between reality and unreality. It is a will-o'-the wisp sort of a play eluding our grasp just at the moment we attempt to put our finger on it. It is like the moon on a mackerel-sky with the white clouds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAURENCE CLARIFIES DRAMATIC CLUB PLAY | 11/30/1925 | See Source »

...reporter, must be put on the water wagon. I have a high respect for these men and their mission, and I speak not in bitterness but in sorrow. If the newspapers of this country were all on the water wagon we would be grandly on our way to accomplish our goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Oratory | 11/23/1925 | See Source »

...That boss of yours thinks he can accomplish everything by the use of force. How long does he think he can get away with that stuff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Miscellaneous Mentions: Nov. 23, 1925 | 11/23/1925 | See Source »

...present entrance system; the recent action of the college board itself in planning intelligence tests for the future has a similar intention behind it, however doubtful the efficiency of intelligence tests may be. Forces are at work to amend matters. It is difficult to prophesy what they will accomplish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ACADEMIC FORWARD PASS | 11/12/1925 | See Source »

...football, shuffled his big squad like a pack of cards, sent in quarterback, fullback, halfback?eveyone, in fact, but the hunchback of Notre Dame. Even wizards cannot have a great team every year, and against an Army eleven that looked very much like a great team, his strategy could accomplish little. Score: Army 27; Notre Dame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: FOOTBALL: Football: Oct. 26, 1925 | 10/26/1925 | See Source »

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