Word: classically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Clark belongs to that group of artists who have trained themselves. Born in 1896 at Missonia, Montana, he studied for a short time only at the Chicago Institute. Perhaps it was his technical facility which gave him the assurance to avoid Europe with its classic, or modern traditions, and to seek a new style under oriental influence. In the East he joined the second Fogg Museum expedition to Tum Huang and Wan Fo Rsia in westernmost China. This gave him an opportunity to observe the magnificence of the early art of China. His other voyages in the East speak...
...Brooklyn, he attended Brooklyn's famed Polytechnic Preparatory School; then Harvard University; then studied abroad. He first appeared on the stage as "a walking gentleman" in Sir Frank R. Benson's company in 1901 at Brighton, England. In recent years he has been chiefly associated with classic roles; presenting one of the most widely known Hamlets in the U. S., and the most popular present-day revival of Cyrano de Bergerac, generally considered his best role. He has his own Manhattan theatre in which he presents revivals and occasional new plays in a gradually widening repertory. Last year...
...large loud speaker will enable the sport fans to follow every detail of the baseball classic...
...modest chapters in conclusion" describe and illustrate the Jones technique?the classic body-turn, sharply cocked left eye, straight left arm, opposed wrists in putting, etc.?and reiterate the central Jones doctrine: "Play against...
...SOLDIERS!" the proclamation began?a classic opening, and one much used by the late Napoleon Bonaparte. A shrewd opening, too, for it would attest that the boy-king's first thought was for his army. Excellent! Now presses were humming. Soon the first state paper of King Michael was eagerly read...