Word: almost
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Slipshod English prevails throughout the number in prose and in verse. Among the contributors the thought of composition as an art seems rare. Such expressions as, "The two lawyers . . . . are unusually realistic, perhaps due to the fact that," etc., such sentences as, "It has novelty, punch, heart interest, and almost all the other ingredients which go to make up a smashing success," should not be printed in a document that is sold for more than one cent. The only story in the number, My Friend of the Smoking Room, should be powerful or nothing. It is not powerful...
...years ago the membership of the Opera Association totalled almost twelve hundred; but at present, in spite of the added attraction of the Pavlowa Ballet, and the absence of opera last year, only about one hundred men have purchased membership tickets...
...recital. By going to an opera and flixng his attention on the dramatic element, as he would in the case of an ordinary play, the man who knows nothing about music can create in himself the power of musical enjoyment. From the educational point of view, moreover, it is almost a requisite in a man who boasts a college degree, that he be acquainted, in an elementary way, at least, with the world's greatest master-pieces of music. Strangely enough, with the progress of civilization, music has become more and more of a minor factor in general culture...
...title role is one of extraordinary difficulty, for it is almost as hard to find a prima donna whose character lends itself to this part as to find a young man who can act Hamlet. Mme. Gay, however, made up for what freshness, color and tone she may lack by a thoughtful and effective study of the part. Fortunately avoiding any wild excesses of passion, she differed from Farrar's interpretation by giving Carmen more restraint and treachery...
...from his own 46-yard line, was the most spectacular kick of the season. The second was easier but it had to travel 35 yards to go over the bar. Princeton's score was the result of a twenty-yard run by Tibbott and two successful forward passes netting almost twenty yards more. This brought the ball inside Yale's five-yard mark and it took the Tigers seven plays to score...