Word: paired
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Johann Buddenbrook. The son of the founder of the firm. "A kind papa, a worthy man." A German of the old 18th Century school who "never in all his life has worn a pair of trousers." Able in business, he has raised the Buddenbrooks to their important position. What if he is a rough diamond, who sometimes forgets himself and relapses into low German dialect before the fine guests...
...Canyon, Tex., Dr. C. A. Pierle analyzed the body of a man weighing 150 pounds. It contained "enough water to wash a pair of blankets, enough iron to make a tenpenny nail, lime sufficient to whitewash a small chicken coop, enough sulphur to kill the fleas of a good-sized dog." All these elements, he estimated, can be purchased at a drug-store...
Captain Jenkins and J. W. Hammond '25, last season's mid-diamond pair, will naturally again have the call at shortstop and second base respectively. J. C. McGlone '26, L. O. V. Mann '25, J. E. Knowlton '26, and R. P. Bullard '24 are their most likely understudies. McGlone has, however, had experience in the pitcher's box, the outfield, and third base. He may be tried in any one of these positions...
...romantic as fiction. It is impossible to give away the plot, because there is nothing that could really be called a plot. But there are plenty of interesting adventures and extraordinary characters and one can recommend this story (which begins in an oculist's office with a pair of near-sighted eyes) to anybody?which means everybody?who has ever cherished a secret ambition to become a hobo...
After the rest period, the all-around superiority of the Andover team, told. The individual brilliance of the schoolboy forwards interspersed with clever bits of teamwork gave the Blue a commanding lead. Mumby and Billhardt are without doubt the best pair of forwards that have opposed the Freshmen this year...