Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...victory over the British fleet" off Jutland. The occasion was the eighth anniversary of the famed battle. Said the Admiral: "England's powerful fleet, the instrument with which she placed the world at her service was defeated by the young German fleet." But he complained that the brilliant victory was not utilized by the Military Commanders for winning a decisive victory...
...Story. Percy Bysshe Shelley, scion of a rich Whig family, first went to Eton. He was "exceptionally beautiful, with brilliant blue eyes, dark curling hair and a delicate complexion." The brutal Vita Etonica shocked his sensitive mind and he was glad to move on to the freedom of Oxford...
SAINT JOAN?Bernard Shaw, in a streak of brilliant generosity, is charitable to the Maid of Orl?...
...Freshman baseball season that closed with a brilliant victory over Yale last week following equally impressive triumphs over Holy Cross, Princeton, and Andover has aroused considerable enthusiasm among University diamond followers. Not only is the record a highly successful one for the team as a whole, but several individuals have shown that they will be valuable acquisitions to next year's University nine...
...Freshmen for regular berths next year are Captain Zarakov, Howard, Bennett, and Booth. The Crimson captain, playing on his third major sport team, fielded and hit well and also steadied the whole field. Howard, shortstop, was the hardest and most timely hitter on the team and his fielding was brilliant. He has as fine a throwing arm as any University player in recent years. Bennett, the only man to play regularly in the same position all season, his well over 300 and fielded in sensational style. Booth's pitching record speaks for itself. He has everything that a pitcher needs...