Word: goad
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...whole the acting lacked that sureness of touch which the play demands if it is to be lifted out of the commonplace. The characterization is not subtile, but neither is it obvious; careful handling of the parts is essential to a good effect. As Peter, Miss Goad's voice is much against her, and her portrayal of the boy was not always sucessful. Mr. Charlton as Doctor Garret is too repressed he finds it so easy to look grim and sad that he frequently overdoes it. In "The End of the Bridge", the Boston Stock Company has got hold...
...Semitic 12 informs us--that when Artaxerxes, king of all the world from the Euphrates to the Tigris, went to battle he armed the front line of his phalanges with a buffer of pugnacious elephants. On each elephant was a wild-eyed son of Japhet with a sharp goad and a rebel yell. The goad tickled the elephant's hide, the rebel yell tickled his musical sensibilities. He became imbued with the spirit of conquest and charged like a young Juggernaut or a Woolworth tower on wheels against...
...transcending the bitter disappointment of defeat is the satisfaction of knowing that our team fought with a tonacity and spirit that will long be remembered by Harvard men. With a Yale team spurred on by the goad of former crushing defeats only twelve yards from a touchdown, the Crimson line withstood eight frantic onslaughts, while the fighting spirit of Harvard reduced the gains from yards to foot. Such a superhuman stand was a tribute to both the coaches and players of the 1916 team...
...yard line. Leary picked up the ball and ran 10 yards, and then Squires went over for the touchdown, Parker Kicking the goal. The next touchdown was made by Brill, after the ball had been rushed straight down the field from the 28-yard line Parker missed the goad. No more scoring was done in the first period, but the second team made two long gains...
After three minutes of play, Clark of Andover missed a goad from the field from the 25-yard line. A few minutes later Daly ran 45 yards around right end for the only touchdown of the game. The goal was missed. In the middle of the second half Kennard kicked a goal from the field for the Freshman from the 18-yard line...