Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...what he had meant by "plot." He told Warshaw that the incident was probably done by a "disruptive element, to place the blame on the majority group of the delegation. This same thing is systematically done at all congresses." According to warshaw the leader spoke in terms of a "master plot." "Each piece is part of the puzzle, and must be made to fit in," said the leader...
...received a master's degree at Harvard, and joined the staff of the New York Public Library. Nine years later he came to Harvard as a member of the College Library executive staff...
Hofer regards the period between now and February as "a time for experiments, without prejudice to the regular master, who may accept them or reject them as he sees fit. I will try to promote, among other things, a greater interest in house athletics and a closer relationship between the tutors and staff of Adams House and the students...
...affairs. "We asked ourselves what we could do that the independent station could not do," said Barber, "and the answer was the Football Roundup." Instead of bringing a single big game to the air, the three-hour CBS Roundup (Sat. 2:30 p.m., E.S.T.) brings 20. From a master studio in Manhattan, Barber has direct wires to a group of five "live" stations, each covering a different sectional game as though it were a regular broadcast. Also, capsule summaries of lesser games are phoned in at intervals through the afternoon by some 12 to 15 on-the-spot reporters...
Death in Defeat. Part One is carelessly constructed, uncertain of intention, saved from collapse only by the author's endless wit and invention. Part Two, completed ten years later, shows Cervantes as absolute master of his matter, his manner and his man. Don Quixote makes a manifesto out of his guiding conviction: "Leave it to God, and everything will come out all right." People begin to take him half seriously, but misadventures come thick & fast. "I perceive now that one must actually touch with his hands what appears to the eye if he is to avoid being deceived...