Word: feats
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...incident in the life of this lady of acknowledged charm has on many an occasion risen to the rank of highest artistic achievement. In 1921, for example, she played all of Beethoven's 32 sonatas in a series of eight concerts, a feat which she alone of women has performed. As an artist she had perfect training, having studied under Jedliczka, Reimann, Boise; at her debut in 1905 all the critics guessed safely with the Boston Herald: "Here is a woman with emotions and with a soul ... a brilliant future"; as a performer she has never had the ecstatic devotion...
...dirigible, sniffing at air pockets, nosing through patches of heathery cloud, like a baby kangaroo which had got out of its mother's pouch. Presently the dirigible flashed a signal; the long metallic umbilical cord was lowered again and the airplane whined close, ready to try the hazardous feat of mooring. While both crafts drowsed along at the same speed, the plane was hooked by a special apparatus, hoisted to the trapeze, lifted back into the body of the dirigible. The British Air Ministry declared that this experiment has been attempted before but never successfully. If the technique...
Haverford, today's Soldiers Field visitor, has yet to taste defeat, and in the opening game of the season battled Princeton, present leader and a strong favorite, to a 2-2 draw. Princeton has already beaten the Blue and Red of Pennsylvania, and if Haverford accomplishes the same feat and succeeds in beating the University today, Princeton and Haverford will be tied for the title. In this case a play-off will be necessary...
...Yucatan, Edward H. Thompson of the Peabody Museum (Boston), to whom is credited introduction* of the Mayan civilization to modern archeology, rounded out 20 years of work with an extraordinary feat and returned home. He knew that the Mayans practiced a sacrificial ceremony at their sacred wells, in their holy city, decking virgins with jade and gold and hurling them, amid clouds of incense, into great limestone sinkholes, one of which measured 168 feet across and contained 80 feet of water and mud. After digging around for years, with indifferent luck, Professor Thompson went back to Boston and acquired...
...complete ten passes out of twelve attempted on a rather windy field is something of a feat, but had not Quarterback Jake Slagle accomplished it there is some doubt whether Princeton, with a put-and-take line, could have beaten Washington and Lee by even as much of a margin...