Word: flatnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Edouard Manet (1832-83) was among the first of the Impressionists. He has been consistently confused with his contemporary, Monet, by people who cannot tell black from white. Manet's figures are flat; Monet's trees and seas and flowery forests leap with a wind of movement. Manet loved light; Monet loved shading. Manet painted with a brush as broad as a glance of the eye; Monet put his color on in tiny dots. Manet saw life as a gleam; Monet saw it as a shimmer. It was late in life that Manet came to recognition; he was laughed...
...yard class A record of 10 2-5 seconds. Trull of Lowell clipped a fifth of a second from this time in a close finish. In the quarter mile of the senior division which followed shortly after, Smith of Brookline, turned in a mark of 51 seconds flat bettering the old record by a fifth of a second also. Dorchester broke the half mile relay record largely due to the work of Yavner and Korb who finished first and second in the 220 yard dash, Tremblay of Lawrence was the fourth record breaker, when he heaved the 12 pound shot...
Brahms: Rhapsody in E-flat, Op. 119 (Orchestrated by Agide Jacchia...
...opening heats of the afternoon were the 120 yard high hurdles. Dye, present title holder from U. S. C., fairly flew away from the field in the first race to win in 15 seconds flat. The Trojan hurdler is a heavy favorite to retain his title after yesterday's performance. Munphy of Boston College captured the other qualifying berth in the first heat. In the second trial, Ragan of California took a close decision from Wolf, the Pennsylvania high stick artist. The Southern California high hurdlers had a perfect day, two of them taking first places and the third finishing...
...showed enough under wraps to mark him as the most dangerous man over the low sticks today. West of Stanford and Wolf of Pennsylvania staged a spirited struggle for first honors in the second heat which the judges called a tie. This race was run in 24 seconds flat, the fastest of the five trials. Moore of Penn State, Lawrence of Pennsylvania, Steinbrenner of M. I. T. all finished in the van in the remaining races...