Word: met
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...then. He may have already decided that Chiang should be the sun to rise out of his own setting. They were believed never to have met; but when the young general entered, Dr. Sun rose dramatically to his feet, scanned carefully the face of Chiang Kaishek, and exclaimed: "Ah! Here is the second Sun Yatsen. He shall one day take my place! . . . Explain your project, Oh young and rising...
...Williams met his death was told by an eyewitness. Dr. A. J. Bowen, Chancellor of Nanking University. He said: "I was crossing the campus with our university librarian when we noticed what we thought to be Northern [Shantungese] troops looting and burning the home of Dr. Daniels, also a faculty member...
...amateur indoor tennis tournament held in the Seventh Regiment Armory, Manhattan, again proved a purely French triumph. Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon met Francis T. Hunter and Dr. George King in the doubles final; conquered, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. Borotra then whipped Brugnon in the singles, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3. Partisan U. S. spectators derived negative satisfaction in reflecting that the entry list had not included Tilden, Johnston...
William T. Tilden, tall tennis player, met youthful George Lott Jr., University of Chicago student, in the finals of a relatively unimportant Halifax championship, at Ormond Beach, Fla. Tilden sharply rebuked his opponent for juggling balls before serving; strenuously objected to having idle balls removed from the court; succeeded in losing good wishes of the entire gallery. He also lost the match to his 20-year old adversary...
...Spartanburg, S. C.) where she took a master's degree at 17. She taught school until she met and married William G. Peterkin, prosperous planter. She put by her plans for a musical and perhaps theatrical career to manage the Peterkin plantation, "Lang Syne," 40 miles from Columbia, S. C., and bring up a son who is now 22. She became "a superb horsewoman, a keen huntswoman and an excellent shot." Not until the 1920's did she start writing and her first things won instant recognition, including an O. Henry Memorial mention. A professor-friend describes...