Word: saws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Napoleon as an egoist surpassed in his megalomania the mere self-interest which distinguished the whole life of Byron. Napoleon was incapable of admiring anyone; Byron admired Napoleon, but he saw his shortcomings...
...hunters! Gottlieb was decrepit, Leora gone. Arrowsmith tried life as the scientist husband of a rich widow. No good. Finally he buried himself in the Vermont woods, tracking down bacteriological verities with Terry Wickett. As the world saw it, he had "failed...
...summit of the Valkyries' rock." Taucher, about to make his exit from the former setting, took a step into the steam, trod upon emptiness, plunged down 25 feet to the mouldy basement of the Metropolitan through a trap which had just been opened to receive scenery. Stagehands, mechanics, saw Taucher's 200-pound shape crash to the stone floor; hurried to his aid as he incredibly rose to his feet. Supported by six strong men, suffering from a broken finger, swollen wrists, many bruises, he shouted for his sword, staggered up the iron steps and again into...
After an inauspicious invitation to attend a small celebration to be given in his honor, President Eliot was first made aware of the huge assembly which had gathered to pay him tribute, when he saw the procession which was forming in front of Memorial Hall. This assembly, which a year ago this afternoon conducted the President Emeritus to Sanders Theatre, included many nationally-known figures. Representing the public in the conduct of the celebration were William Howard Taft. Governor Channing H. Cox, and the Premier of Canada, W. L. Mackenzie King. Justice Edward T. Sanford '85, President of the Alumni...
...death of Walter Camp marks the passing of the greatest figure in the history of American football. To the horde of readers of sporting pages he was simply the omnipotent eye in the game which saw all, knew all, and through his mythical. All-American teams, published the annual Who's Who of the gridiron. Through this medium Walter Camp was known to the obscurest enthusiast who knew nothing of his uncontested right to sit in judgment over the national college sport...