Word: quests
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Every prominent amateur golfer in America with three exceptions sailed in quest of the British amateur championship at Deal. Francis Ouimet survived to the round before the semifinal to be extinguished, as the last spark of the American hope, by Roger Wethered. The latter won the title with consistent play in the preliminary rounds and supreme brilliance in the finals...
...search goes on from producer to jobber and from broker to consumer, each solemnly shaking his head and pointing to his neighbor. The last man in line with some consternation raises his eyes in significant reverence to an economic law. New committees set out on the quest every day with no success. In vulgar circles this game goes by the name of "passing the buck...
...good, or better, teams than this have sailed away in quest of the British cup since Travis won it in 1904. Closest to success came Bob Gardner in his 37 hole battle with Cyril Tolley in the finals at Muirfield in 1920. Tolley...
PEER GYNT-" Down the vast edges drear" of a hard-hearted world Ibsen leads his epic hero on the futile quest of the meaning of lite. Peer, the boaster, the seeker of self-realization and the victim of a relentless wanderlust, is played by Joseph Schildkraut. Lee Simonson's settings are eerily effective...
PEER GYNT?"Down the vast edges drear" of a hard-hearted world Ibsen leads his hero on the futile quest for happiness. Peer, the boaster, is picturesquely played by Joseph Schildkraut and the Simonson settings are eerily effective...