Word: protectorates
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Several improvements have been made in the series. Two diamonds on Soldiers Field will be used, and a mask and a protector will be provided for each game. To avoid confusion no one will be allowed to play on two teams. Careful attention will be paid to the selection of teams from men who sign as individuals...
...Courteline seems to have the most talent. He is a writer of considerable power, with a copious and spontaneous wit. The military officer is one of his stock characters, but he has not the tact, according to M. Deschamps, to treat him with the dignity due him as the protector of his country. "Les Gaietes de l'Escadron" is an excellent parody -- albeit full of philosophy--on the less attractive sides of military life. "Le Train de 8:47," "Boubonroche," and other similar works, belong to the same category and show the same keen appreciation of humannature...