Word: partner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...temperamental of them all is Geoffrey Wareham; the most dynamic, intense teacher of elocution who ever upset a household, The household, we might explain, consists of Mrs. Rodney, who tries hard to keep her equilibrium amid the general confusion her daughter Janet, the fiancee of Geoffery and intellectual sparring-partner extraordinary, and various menials, of whom Oliver, Geoffrey's man, is alone indispensable. The others leave because Geoffrey plays the piano in the middle of the night, but no one seems to mind except the unfortunate Mrs. Rodney. However, when Janet brings an affinity, Claudia Kitts, to live and work...
...knocked out Floyd Johnson, lowan. Fifteen rounds were required for the operation. The 15 sealed forever Johnson's claims to the heavyweight championship; but they showed him to be one of the most unflinching fighters that ever wore a glove; he will always be somebody's sparring partner. Renault showed considerable skill but no vestige (in either hand) of the crushing cannon ball which alone can dent the Dempsey crown...
Colonel John W. Prentiss, of Hornblower & Weeks, a partner of Secretary of War Weeks, was elected President of the Association for the coming year. The convention of 1924 will be held in Cleveland...
...Partner--Someone who plays not accurately but with wonderful expression...
...Lack of perception in a partner is worse than jack of principle...