Word: gracefully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...largest university in the world: William B. Persons (civil engineer), Chairman; Nicholas M. Butler (Columbia President) ; Marcellus H. Dodge (firearms) ; the Rt. Rev. William T. Manning (New York Bishop) ; Willard V. King (banks) ; Stephen Baker (banks) ; Frederic R. Coudert (lawyer) ; Newcomb Carlton (telegraphs) ; John G. Milburn (lawyer) ; Joseph P. Grace (banks, ships, merchandise) ; Alfred E. Marling (realty) ; Albert W. Putnam (lawyer) ; Ambrose D. Henry (railroads) ; Jackson E. Reynolds (banks) ; Frederick Coykendall (steamboats) ; Newbold Morris (lawyer) ; the Rev. Caleb R. Stetson (rector) ; Frederick A. Goetze (Columbia engineering dean...
...opinion next morning proclaimed that "Madame Karsavina is a very beautiful woman who gives much pleasure" (The New York Times) ; that "Madame Karsavina is one of the best dancers actively extant" (The New York Herald-Tribune) ; that "Madame Karsavina is an artist of the first rank. She possesses technique, grace and eloquence of gesture and pose" (New York American). But no one suggested that the epithet that has adorned, in small black letters, so many billboards, should be one tittle altered-the epithet which inspires the most arrogant advertisement in the world...
...parade before the race, the French four-year-old seemed lacklustre; there was a negligence under his sleek grace; and he needed a touch of the whip to bring him up to the barrier-a touch that made him sulky. Jockey Kummer, instead of Jockey Haynes, had the leg up and rode an adequate race except for that one rash touch. Away they went-a flash of silk, a huddle of bobbing heads at the turn, one, two, pulling away, animated toys all; then the stretch, the crowd ris- ing, a tatoo of hoofs-F. A. Burton's Wise...
...Lord has guided us and shaped the events in which we rejoice. He has held us under His protection. The fact that we have this Divine guidance and protection should, and must, increase our faith in the Klan, in its growth in grace and power, in its mission, in its final, complete victory...
...every really funnyman must take himself seriously. Mr. Guiterman, of course, has not confined his writing purely to gay verses. He has had serious moments not without power. To be sure Your Puppy's Valentine is not deep; but there is a poem called The Pioneer which has much grace and beauty...