Word: feet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Texas was the timely and deciding, if not a really serious, factor. He arrived late, after other bidders had tried to outdo Mr. Jones. Balloting was just about to start when in he burst?34 years old, red haired, grinning unofficially. Mr. Jones brought the committeemen to their feet with a superb gesture and Governor Dan Moody cried, "It is not only the people of Houston who invite you but also the people of Texas...
...dear Ambassador, our honored and trusted friend, may your way back to the country which loves you and expects you be smooth under your feet...
...Symphony at his disposal, turned out then in great numbers to hear him conduct his own works in a manner almost as gratifying as their own Koussevitzky's. Manhattan heard him next and as pianist under the auspices of her pro-musica society. She rose to her feet when he came on the stage?a slight, aristocratic figure with graying hair. She listened to a program made up of works she had heard long since and approved, pronounced him at the end of the evening far more impressive as a composer than as a pianist...
Tennessee is pleased with itself over Luke Lea; the things he says in his papers, the politics he professes and practices; his background of notable social tradition; his vitality. He stands six feet four, is inclined to athletics, has lived on earth some 50 years. Tennessee sent him triumphantly to the U. S. Senate some ten years after he was graduated from University of the South in 1899. Col. Luke Lea is a great public personality...
...have no man who has officially thrown the hammer 180 feet, but there are several Americans who can reach the 160 foot mark, and they are bound to improve by July," E. L. Farrell, University track mentor said yesterday, as he continued his series of interviews with the CRIMSON, discussing America's track prospects at the coming Olympics...