Word: feats
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This reform plan must have the great element of permanency; for personal following is of no use unless it is permanent and organized. This organization has been held together thus far by patronage and feat; but now new cement must be found by making business men understand that the material prosperity of the country will go with good politics...
...second feat was the most wonderful of the evening and was performed in full sight of the audience. A strait jacket was buckled on by straps fastened behind his back. By violent exertion of the trunk he managed to work the strap fastening his hands up to his left shoulder and then slipped it forward by grinding his shoulder on the floor. It was then possible for him to unbuckle this strap with his teeth, and to undo with his hands, although enclosed in the sleeves, the strap behind his neck. Thus the jacket was sufficiently loosened to enable...
...course of the fighting he ran the Russian and Japanese lines six times, interviewing Japanese and Russian prisoners as well as soldiers, riding with Kuropatkin's staff, and visiting Nogi's headquarters. His greatest feat, that of interviewing General Stoessel, was accomplished by runnings the Japanese blockade and entering Port Arthur under fire...
...Immediately afterward, under almost precisely the same conditions, the Yale university and freshman crews raced over the same course in time which was given our as 22m. 50s., but which several watches on the shore caught as 21m. 15s. The Yale freshman crew performed the unusual feat of defeating the Yale university eight by three lengths...
...team that a successful outcome was still expected with a large degree of confidence. To those who knew the real strength of the Harvard eleven it was a great surprise that Yale was able to fight its way down the field for four touchdowns, and the fact that the feat was accomplished shows that Yale had one of the finest teams that ever represented that university...