Word: adept
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Astralgo, a knave-of-all-trades and an adept at all work lightly labor some, W. C. Burton...
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, whose long experience as one of the conductors of English VI, makes him an authority of the first rank on debating, has furnished a lengthy, interesting introduction on the subject. He gives some excellent advice, helpful alike to beginner and adept, about the selection of a question, the use of materials, the management of a debate, rebuttal, persuasive speaking and kindred topics...
...arriving at the start and it was fully fifteen minutes after five when the four boats rowed into their respective positions-Ninety-two next to the wall, then Ninety-four, Ninety-three, and Ninety-one on the outside. The starter of the Ninety-three boat was not an adept in his art and it was five or six minutes more before Ninety-three was in position. By this time the Ninety-four boat was unsteady, but Referee Peabody had grown tired of waiting and gave the word at 21 minutes and 24 seconds after 5, although the freshmen were...
...Dartmouth. The plain, unvarnished explanation of the score is that the Harvard rush line played a miserable game. Instead of studying the weak points of their opponents, most of the men spent their time in wrestling and singging, exercises at which the visitors were quite as adept as themselves. This was especially true of the centre of the line. Such work is not football and will never win against men who keep their heads about them. The tendency of the men to slug becomes more and more apparent every day. It is a sure confession of weakness. Furthermore, if persisted...