Word: sharpening
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...health page" was unique but nothing to worry about, so they waited to see if Macfadden's disconnected, irrelevant "human interest" stories, in behalf of "clean living" and "the whole truth," would offer any competition to their own flashy news columns. They knew that if money could sharpen this competition, Macfadden had millions. They knew that he "expected to make a few million dollars for myself and associates" and would therefore force the fray. They realized that if The Graphic turned out successful, many another such sheetlet would sprout forth in the land, being cheaper to produce than...
...Hall to rally in the third fracas was entirely due to Jenkins, the genius who presides over the Yale net. Cumings played his best game of the year last Monday against the Tiger, but he is still a long way from the Blue goal-tend, and will have to sharpen his eye tonight if he expects to keep all the Green rubbers out of the strings...
After writing enthusiastic reviews of those two excellent productions, "Loyalties", and the "Chauve-Souris", the Playgoer looked around for some unfortunate drama on which he might sharpen his teeth and whet his claws. With this malign purpose in mind. "The Cat and the Canary" was about the worst choice he could have made. But before going on, it must be thoroughly understood that household pets have nothing to do with this show: any animal lover who goes to see his favorites perform is certain to be surprised, although hardly disappointed...
...Professor Wendell. He always taught most effectively when least conscious or deliberate in his teaching. With his flawless taste in letters, hew was the surest possible guide to his students. Always he pointed them surely and directly to the best. With a gift for whimsical humor to sharpen his judgement, he invariably carried the interest of his students with him where-ever he chose to turn the shafts of his penetrating criticism. Ridicule was his favorite weapon for the banal and he had no mercy for the pious shams, the stuffed dummies that persist in all literature. Always...
...mere knowledge of the Pythagorean triangle relation or the binomial theorem is probably of less immediate value to the average graduate than the knowledge of how to sharpen a knife or to sew on a button," Dr. Moritz writes. "But has an exercise in fundamental thought processes they are invaluable to every individual, no matter what his ultimate work in life may happen...