Word: clevernessing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...game slowed up because of a muddy field Union's clever passing and accurate shooting kept the ball in Harvard territory most of the time, and scored almost at will. Harvard played aggressively but was unable to penetrate its rivals defense and Foster, the Union goalie, was credited with only three saves...
...greatest achievement was Charles Augustus Lindbergh. In 1927 that sensitive plant, Franco-American relations, was in a precarious state due to the un- fortunate flight of the French flyers Nungesser and Coli. Shy, Nordic Lindbergh was just what the clever diplomat needed. He rushed to Le Bourget waving French and U. S. flags; seized on "Lucky Lindy" with avidity; put him to bed in his own diplomatic pajamas; wrapped him in the tricolor; had him photographed, interviewed, dined and decorated; and caused the greatest enthusiasm for things U. S. since French transports of joy hailed the first U. S. transports...
Holding its first regular practice scrimmage last Saturday, the University Lacrosse Team showed a clever, shifty aggregation that should be well prepared for its initial game on April 6 with the Harvard Graduates Team...
...hauls to Albany, the oldtime "canawlers" of the Erie Canal made with boatloads of machinery and produce. It was a leisurely existence, drifting along four miles an hour behind stout teams that trudged the towpath. For a few months Dan'l Harrow, farmer, was a part of it. Clever with horses, he hired on as driver to a canal captain and then fell heir to the boat. For "cook," meaning servant, companion, and mistress-as-long-as-compatible, he hired vivacious Molly; for driver he hired Fortune Friendly, variously parson and pinochle player. Dan first saw Fortune racing from...
...Duncan Sisters' brief appearance is the high spot in this week's rather mediocre performance at the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre. They please with several sparkling songs and a few clever imitations. As of previous years the well known pair runs away with the audience. Their skill is manifested not only through their voices but also by performances on the piano and guitar...