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Word: feats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...noised about the Yard that a freshman up in Thayer Hall was a jim-dandy at the piano. Tom was all of that. He could glance over a piece of difficult music he had never seen before, throw it aside, and play if off fluently from note memory, a feat few have been able to master' . . . One distinction in particular contributed to his prestige. This was his election in his sophomore year as conductor of the Pierian Sodality, the college musical society . . . . . As he grew older he found a keen enjoyment in charades and masquerade balls, spending weeks prior...

Author: By S. C. S., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 4/8/1935 | See Source »

...bows, best in the U. S., of Oregon yew. Famed Oregon archers are: Homer Prouty, who has shot an arrow 466 yd. (a record) ; Dr. George Cathey, acting president of the National Broad Arrow Association, whose Oregon Chapter sponsored last week's bill. Dr. Cathey's greatest feat: killing two bears with broad arrows (hunting arrows with razor tips three inches long, one inch wide), one arrow to each bear, each of which fell dead within six feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sanctuary | 3/25/1935 | See Source »

...eloquence, a jury convicted Fall of accepting a $100,000 bribe from Mr. Doheny. But five months later Lawyer Hogan triumphantly vindicated himself by persuading another jury that what was a bribe as accepted by Fall had been only a legitimate loan as made by Doheny. For that amazing feat grateful Oilman Doheny reputedly gave his lawyer another $1,000,000. Lawyer Hogan still spends about half of each year in California as Doheny's most trusted counsellor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXATION: Rich Men Scared | 3/11/1935 | See Source »

...Only a major feat of wire-pulling will secure admittance (to English 5) for an undergraduate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Loyal Members of English 5 | 3/9/1935 | See Source »

...present there are but five courses offered to advanced students in composition. Of these all are limited with regard to enrollment, two (Eng. 31 and Eng. 5) are such that only a major feat of wire-pulling will secure admittance for an undergraduate. The other three (Eng. A-2, 22, and 12) which undergraduates may take are so restricted concerning admittance that the purpose of the course seems to be the ease of the instructor rather than the improvement of the student. A student to be admitted must prove his ability in writing to such an extent that flaccid criticism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMPOSITION COURSES | 3/7/1935 | See Source »

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