Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...retiring came, escorted him to his room, pointed to the blazing fire with the reassuring remark that it was the perfectly safe and bade his guest good-night with the permission to keep his light burning until morning if he wished. Mr. Smith notes the awe with which the master of Mount Vernon impressed him, but Mr. Wister explains that this was the inevitable result of long preoccupation in official affairs. It is greatly to be desired that the author of "The Virginian" might give us a portrayal of the characters of Franklin and Lincoln as true to life...
...Grenfell is a magistrate, a holder of the Board of Trade certificate of competency as a master-mariner, and an agent of Lloyds in pursuing seamen who wreck their vessels for the insurance. He is an active opponent of the fraud, oppression and drink evils which prevail in Labrader. Last year he was made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George by King Edward, and recently he has received from Oxford the first M.D. degree that this university has ever given...
Seribner's--"The Part of Caesar," by A. S. Pier '95: "The Master of the Inn," by R. Herrick '90: "The Song of Old Homes," by E. Sutton '85: "The Field of Art," by R. Sturgis...
...coaching staff of this team feels the same influences over a somewhat longer period. It must develop by experience and by close touch with conditions, not for one year but for several. The coaching of a large team is far too intricate a matter for any one to master in one year. The coaches must have an intimate knowledge not from hearsay, but from personal experience, and must have the help of men who have had training along similar lines in order to effect their purpose. If the policy remains consistent and progressive along certain broad lines the old players...
...John Harvard was well off. He spent seven years at the University of Cambridge and had his master's degree from Emmanuel College. This was about all that was known of him up to 1884. Now we know besides that he was a well-trained youth, and had a long and thorough preliminary education...