Word: featly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson swimmers gained fifth place or higher in at least one of the events, which were held in the Worcester Boys' Club Pool. By scoring a double victory, Hedberg runs up to three the number of consecutive meets in which he has performed this feat...
Most Washington hostesses of proper vintage remember Mrs. Grace Coolidge as the woman who was most to be admired during the years after Mrs. T. R. Her quiet charm put all at ease - a considerable feat, since Silent Cal sometimes had a servant rub Vaseline into the presidential hair while he ate breakfast, once ordered a toupee painted on the Red Room portrait of bald John Adams, and often almost paralyzed guests with his wordlessness. The Herbert Hoovers spent a great deal of money on entertainment, but their era was one of work and worry. Eleanor Roosevelt had little interest...
...Eleanor Roosevelt felt that a recent interview with an FBI agent was worth recording. The agent, she wrote, "tried to be very solemn as he asked me about the loyalty and competence of John Foster Dulles, our future Secretary of State. This agent's behavior was a wonderful feat, keeping a straight face while making such an inquiry. I'm afraid I smiled openly ... I was visited again with questions about another impeccable character. So, I want to reassure any of my friends who think that the FBI is not on the job and is not able...
Princeton's feat is a real treat...
...through. Then his assistant had to travel 60 miles along mountain roads to a farm where Broennimann was resting with injuries he suffered during his climb. The mountain climber was reluctant to give up his pictures (he had only the negatives), because he wanted them as proof of his feat...