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...single afternoon, with an American record and an Olympic record thrown in for good measure, is probably unprecedented; and the University, with even more justice than Boston, may congratulate itself on its enviable part as host to such a gathering of celebrities, as well as the proud possessor of several...
...publishers to consult the author concerning the proofs and his reply was a radiogram sent from 4, 400 miles from New York. It was transmitted by Mr. Mathison himself, who was at the time radio operator on a steamer in the Pacific. Mr. Mathison is perhaps the youngest possessor of a license coveted by professional radio operators--that of an Extra First-class American Rario Operator. Less than fifty of these licenses have been granted up to the present time, and it is the highest certificate of radio skill issued in the world...
...hundred years later, when the gay blades of the Regency astounded all London with their debonnaire deviltry, a newly-created title stood for something distinctly above the average. While the recipient did not necessarily have to be a military or political genius, he was at the very least a possessor of large and lucrative estates, or master of the royal foxhounds...
Lovely Rita lives in a Manhattan mansion with her vain, affected mother, possessor of a "shrill falsetto which carried well in restaurant and at the opera," and her father, whom she adores. When the story opens, her father, caught on the short side in Wall Street, is faced with financial calamity...
...long range of pot shots spelled disaster for the Crimson in the Cambridge contest. He is either a great asset or a great liability. His presence in the line-up destroys teamwork, for he shoots every time be gets the ball regardless of his teammates positions. He is the possessor, however, of an uncanny eye, and he has caged his long-distance goals consistently enough to prove that his showing against Harvard was not a lucky flash...