Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spread itself over the dusky hall-the orchestral season had begun. Mozart came first, an early overture long buried away in the library of the Paris Conservatoire, charming, tuneful, immature; "Pan," a rhapsody by U. S. composer William Schroeder, difficult, cleverly constructed, tedious; Dukas' "Sorcerer's Apprentice," brilliant, biting; Beethoven's "Seventh Symphony," great feat of the afternoon, magnificently played...
...proved to his immensely critical satisfaction that acquired characteristics, such as the loss of an arm, blotches on the skin, could be passed from one generation to another. It was contrary to all previous observations on the transference of physical characteristics and Professor Kammerer was hailed by some as brilliant genius, by others as deluded fool. Dr. G. K. Noble of the American Museum of Natural History examined Professor Kammerer's depositions and in an article for Nature (British monthly) drew the lenient conclusion that someone may have tampered with Dr. Kammerer's specimens. In particular, certain dark...
...play, caused largely by a brisk breeze that accelerated the progress of the ball in an eccentric fashion. The Crimson players seemed tired from their train journey and made no concerted effort to repulse Amherst's individual rushes. The aiming of shots by the Lord Jeffs was of a brilliant nature. Wilson, outside right for Amherst, sank penalty 30-yard penalty kick in the Crimson net, convincing score...
Zarakov is Brilliant...
Zarakov was interested in the lineup a few seconds later, and the former Cambridge schoolboy flash added the second touchdown to the University total by a brilliant 30-yard run. The third red-shirt touchdown was the result of a blocked kick by Strong with Lindner falling on the ball behind the scrub goal line for a score...