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Word: brush (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pain for Artist Lawrence to look upon purple and blue landscapes then for they served only to remind him that his talent was lodged with him useless. But he bore in mind the image of Daniel Vierge, the Spanish painter, who refused to be cheated of his brush by a failing hand. Vierge had learned to paint over again with his left hand. Mr. Lawrence determined to do likewise. This was no easy task for a man past youth to set himself. Yet it was accomplished. Six months after his misfortune, he had attained sufficient skill to have occasional works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Right & Left | 6/20/1927 | See Source »

Today's game will provide a stiff conditioning brush for the Crimson nine in preparation for the Yale series next week. Coach F. G. Mitchell has been shifting his lineup in the past few games, testing various combinations with an eye toward discovering the most effective alignment to send against the Blue in the impending series. The nine which will meet Tufts today is undecided. Since a left-hander, will probably be on the mound for the home team, it is possible that the Harvard mentor may decide to place G. E. Donaghy '29, a strong right-handed hiter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TUFTS TO ENGAGE HARVARD TEAM IN ITS FINAL GAME | 6/18/1927 | See Source »

...Cercle Francais, Chinese Students' Club, Circulo Espanol, Circolo Italiano, Delta Sigma Rho, Dentscher Verein, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Gaydon Club, Harvard Glee Club, Gun Club, Harvard Dramatic Club, Harvard Square and Compass Club, Hasty Pudding-Institute of 1770. Instrumental Clubs, Iroquois Club, Kex Club, Liberal Club, Musical Clubs, Pen and Brush Club, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Epsilon, Pierian Sodality, Porcellian Club. Harvard Flying Club, American Legion, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Mu, Signet Society, Speakers' Club Haples Club Stylus Club, Styx Club, Tau Epsilon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTICE | 5/25/1927 | See Source »

...lank, sunburned individual walked down the street. He stooped and had a two-days' growth of beard. He was encased in blue overalls, stitched with white. In one hand he carried a pail half filled with a dark brown paint; in the other a heavy brush. It was Bill Jones going to paint his barn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 23, 1927 | 5/23/1927 | See Source »

...Student Theodore Kensicki, 17-year-old aspirant to the ministry, was about to "squeal" on them. Eight of the smokers lured Student Kensicki with soft words to a lonely spot. While he kicked, lunged, writhed, they tore off his clothes, scrubbed his skin raw and. bleeding with a wire brush. Into his sorry scratches they then rubbed iodine. They left Student Kensicki screaming with pain, minus five teeth. Soon they left the seminary, suspended by the president's order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Cunning Gauss | 5/2/1927 | See Source »

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