Word: portrayals
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...undergraduate smartness and veneer. At the close--beautiful as one finds little Rosalie's roguish kiss--it seems better that the boy should have worshipped from afar unappreciated, as must be so often the case with his like. The success of "Rosalie" once more enforces the lesson to portray the life you know: even "Malbrouck," fancifully conceived and tastefully executed, lacks reality beside it. The author of "Malbrouck" to conclude might do well to excise adjectives especially when, as too often, they run in pairs
...heart-string appeal in the placid features of the old man and the worried expression of his spouse? The fact that this group is of a race which the author forgets to name is simply because the 17th of March happened to be the most timely holiday to portray. If the issue had come next month, the "27th of April" would have done, being observed as a holiday among the Madagascans...
...played in which splendid strength and decided weakness were shown by the same team. Coached to play high and diagnose the opponents' attack, the Dartmouth line was frequently pushed backward for long gains by the low-charging Williams' linemen. It is also true that the score does not nearly portray the relative strength of the two teams, as Williams was by no means weak, but the possibilities of the new game were never better shown. In New York Dartmouth met what is considered by many to be the best team Princeton has developed since 1903. Nervousness and a wide-awake...