Word: lingo
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...whiff from the west comes to us by way of contrast in Mr. Jackson's "Crossed Wires." The plot is worked out with considerable ingenuity. The plains lingo seems natural, and if the tale proceeds along well recognized cowboy lines--it is a cowboy story...
...February 5, 1913--The Naval Academy fencing team defeated Harvard in the dual meet this afternoon by the score of 6 to 3. All the bouts were exceedingly close, Midshipmen Dunn and Hans excelling, each winning two bouts. The other two bouts for the Academy were won by Lingo and Gray. Damon, Van Nardroff, and Aylen each won a bout for Harvard. Commander Hoff was director of the meet and the judges were Professor Morrison and Mr. Heinz...
...Then Mr. Sheldon proved that the mucker might be drama, and after him--the deluge. The action of "Kid" passes in a subway station represented by an admirable back drop new in the club's repertoire. The lines of this human little piece are not always successful, the lingo of the streets is dragged in, but under it all the people seem to be longing with a wild, fierce longing for Hill's "Rhetoric." To act this alien picture is difficult: Miss Adams and Mr. Whittemore were notably successful, and Mr. Hodges occasionally so. Young Kramer as the newsboy spoke...