Word: partook
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Smedley D. Butler, sturdy Quaker, partook of this courageous, fighting chivalry. He was seen by a British officer to rush out under fire and drag a private to safety. For this the British recommended that he receive the Victoria Cross; but at London, experts pointed out that he was not eligible on technical grounds...
...Buffalo, Paavo Nurmi, who recently ate not wisely but too well of veal pie-and was defeated by Willie Ritola-partook of a modest snack, got into his running clothes, once more opposed Ritola in the 5,000-metre race. This time it seemed to be Ritola who was stricken. He fumbled at his side, strapped his belly with a belt handed to him by his manager, finished 120 yards behind Nurmi who was 14 seconds behind the world's record held by Ritola...
...their mutual improvement in instrumental music, to be denominated Pierian Sodality. A few days later laws were composed, and within a month serenading had been begun. On March 6, 1809, the first anniversary was celebrated. After the election of officers the members adjourned to Mr. Morse's where they partook of a most excellent supper. After the meal a number of very appropriate songs were sung and toasts drunk. The greatest order and harmony were observed during the entertainment; when the members retired to their chambers their conduct was such as did honor to themselves and the Society to which...
Certainly not. Bernarr Macfadden, the Nation's best-known body-worshipper, knew perfectly well that whether or not the public partook of his pure, apostolic zeal for "physical culture," it was keenly interested in the "cultured" pictures, "frank statements," "plain advice...
...Prudential was founded in 1848 in London, by a group of public-spirited men who wished to do away with the expensive and often fraudulent burial clubs of that day. The insurance business already existed, but it partook of a reckless and unscientific gambling character and its methods were frequently crooked and coldblooded...