Word: better
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cleats have done their obliterative best, the Stadium has not quite lost the touch of a buskined foot. The Joan of Arc of Maude Adams was one of the first plays to be presented here, and "Caliban", the effort of Percy Mackaye to go Browning, and Shakespeare, one better was given shortly after the World War. And the classical play has not absented itself from classical setting, for the "Iphigenia in Taurus" of the company of Granville Barker likewise saw worthy performance in appropriate surroundings. Within the year Miss Anglin's "Electra" has been produced in the Greek Temple...
...once today, and that only as a formality, the mere assurance of triumph already won. The cryptic "I do not choose" was altered just in time to "I will not", and the vague possibilities of a dark-horse third term are checked, once for all. And is it not better so? All the squirming and writhing of the politicians could mean but one thing; that, though they knew the voters' choice, they did not wish to obey it; that if holes were not already there, through which the machine men might slip, they would dig them. Their chance is gone...
...success did Mr. Meyer become that he did not hesitate to give his wife a summons for Sunday driving. Before the irate Justice was placated the police force of six had 5000 cars in line to straighten out, and for next week Justice Meyer threatens more and better laws to enforce. At any rate he is true to his principles as a theater owner. Prevented from giving the public entertainment in the more customary way, he supplied it in another and more original form. "The show must...
...need not be particularly incensed with Mr. Paddock. He is probably no better and no worse than the system which produced and exploits him. He is unfit to represent the sportsmen of the United States, and he should not go to Amsterdam ; but obviously he will-if fast enough in his trials...
...continuity of progeny in the management meant continuity of operation policy. Said President Joseph Bernard Shea recently: "The store's merchandising, policy demands complete stocks of medium and better grade merchandise, and places importance on style leadership. Seconds and substandard or imperfect merchandise are not bought, sold or advertised. The store is a regular and consistent advertiser, combining style and price appeal with greater emphasis on regular year-round business than upon special sales. The present trend away from sale stores and sensational price appeal and toward businesses with established standards of quality and value greatly favors the growth...