Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Duces (Gerard Smith, Cyril Harrison, Lieut. McDonald Jones): the National Indoor Polo championship, beating the Optimists (Raymond Guest, Winston Guest, Stewart Iglehart) 8 to 5 in a rough, fast game in Manhattan in which Winston Guest, outdoor internationalist, scored six goals, two of which were wiped out by fouls...
...face has a blind dignity and pathos and the forms mount up in strange rhythm from the vast limbs set in a rough base. . . . The concision of the design ... is in Epstein's maturest manner. In this work the sculptor has given us his conception of the primeval mother of the scientists to set beside the 'Eve' of the classics. There is surely room for it in the world...
...gleefully conscious that the undergraduates of certain gentlemanly institutions hereabout have a reputation for being sedate and sedative in the presence of the fair, and for being given to pinks in oolong and underlinen. We are inwardly gratified that we are reputed to be rough in our ways, ready with our blandishments, and resolute in our pursuit of happiness and its appurtenances. Neither estimate errs on the side of verity, but to deny that we appreciate both would be to stretch the truth still further...
...buildings, which will house one-seventh of next year's Freshman Class, will be similar to Lowell and Dunster Houses. Each entry has its stone staircase, with a narrow iron railing, as in most of the new buildings by the river. Walls in the rooms will be rough-finished and painted instead of being papered. Each suite will have a fireplace in the study, and showers in place of tubs are provided in all bath rooms...
...named White Thunder. For continuity, he this year wanted shots of seals pupping and the pups learning to swim. He also wanted scenes of sealers dynamiting icebergs out of their ship's path. The Viking was loaded with explosives. The crew of 139 would take care of the rough work. Henry Jackson Sargent, fellow explorer,† and A. G. Penrod, cameraman (Down to the Sea in Ships), would do the picture-taking...