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Word: performance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Architects can perhaps perform the miracle of making steel stands a thing of beauty, harmonizing with the present concrete stadium. But at this moment it looks as if all that could be accomplished would be the perpetuation of an ugliness which may have been excusable in temporary wooden stands because they were known to be a makeshift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 2/8/1929 | See Source »

Garrison, who has performed brilliantly at center on the University sextet this season, was first reported disabled for the season, but his rapid recovery has insured his return to the first lineup within a short time. He was on the ice for a short time Monday but was advised to wait until today to return for regular practice. The Dartmouth game on February 16 will probably see him in the opening lineup if he is not able to perform against the St. Nicholas Club sextet on the coming Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GARRISON BACK IN GAME AFTER ENFORCED ABSENCE | 2/5/1929 | See Source »

...pole vault which was not included in the K. of C. games will be held this week, thus giving the Crimson vaulters their first opportunity to perform this season. The other field event in which the University men have entered is the high jump, in which P. S. Brown '30 performed well in the meet last Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FARRELL ENTERS 31 MEN IN B.A.A. GAMES SATURDAY | 1/29/1929 | See Source »

...last U. S. jazz band to play in London?three and a half years ago?was the relatively restrained Brooke Johns Orchestra. Dauntlessly, however, "Conductor Abie" sailed from Manhattan. The Ministry of Labor agreed that "Abie's Own" may perform at a London night club, on condition that the proprietor hire an equal number of authentic British musicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Jazz Ban Down | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...complicated affair about eight feet long and four high that will perform some twelve operations at once, counting land filing the cards that are fed to it according to a series of punches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 1/19/1929 | See Source »

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