Word: alertly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is no reason to believe that Stanford will not begin the conflict at the quarterback berth. His showing on Saturday marked him as the most alert man on the Crimson team and made him by all odds the most promising field general for the final games, barring Cheek's recovery...
...appearance of a new pupil of Mr. Auer is in itself the signal for alert ears. So a discriminating audience gathered in Aeolian Hall, Manhattan, for the first recital of Miss Ruth Breton, his most recent product. The old master himself sat in his favored position?a box on the left side of the hall...
...commenting on this Professor Collins said: "I have found that a man's marks are always higher during the training season than when he is not in training. When a man is competing for an athletic team his nervous system is keyed up, his mind is alert, and his habits are regular, and all this enables him to do his work better. I am a strong advocate of competitive athletics as an aid in maintaining high scholarship ratings...
...impression of bulk, and of a winning smile. He is a Southerner with a soft Southern voice, and he has many of the ingratiating qualities which are often associated with gentlemen of the lower part of the U. S. His attitude of mind is eager, even penetrating. So alert a mentality is apt to be a trifle impatient of the slowness of others' minds. Mr. Stallings is not characterized by literary or intellectual patience, although, as a man, I imagine, he has unusual understanding and tolerance of other folk and an immense amount of personal bravery...
...easy, and, judging from the last cut in the Reserve rate, may be expected to continue so for some time. Foreign political outlook is visibly brighter, also foreign bonds and exchange in consequence. Domestic finance is absorbed by railway mergers on a large scale. International finance is even more alert over coming foreign loan flotations...