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Word: shifted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...showed against the Cadets they should have little trouble in disposing of the artillery team. They will be handicapped, however, by the loss of Captain Kent who will be unable to see action because of an injury to his hand received in the Army clash. Coach Clark expects to shift R. A. Pinkerton '27 from number one to back and put F. D. Stranahan Jr. '26 in Pinkerton's place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLO TEAM WILL MEET 103RD FIELD ARTILLERY | 1/23/1925 | See Source »

...last-act race. This framework displays no sensational originality. It is shrewdly made to carry the star's efforts, always feeding them and taking little for itself. The company is large and generally competent. Yet, it is upon the magnificent vitality, the bright and sometimes bawdy wit, the shift to a swift flash of pathos, the surpassing magnetism of Mr. Jolson that the show depends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 19, 1925 | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

That the dome, weighing from 40,000 to 60,000 tons, rests upon eight piers which, though they appear imposingly massive, are in reality no more than stone pipes bolstered with rubble. The weight of the dome has made every one of them shift or crack. That the Cathedral's solidity could be amply restored by the simple method of grouting. To grout is to force behind the stone facings liquid cement which, oozing through the broken rubble, would petrify it into a rigid mass capable of sustaining any weight. That grouting would do no more good than grouching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: St. Paul's | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

Captain Kent's men will enter tonight's engagement seriously handicapped by lack of practice during the Christmas recess, but Coach Clark has been putting his squad through hard workouts this week in preparation for the game. He has made one shift in the line-up in an effort to develop a winning combination. F. D. Stranahan '26 will play at number one in the place of Alexander Shaw '28, who played that position in the Yale encounter. H. S. White '28 will play number two and Captain G. E. Kent '25 will play back. Coach Clark intends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY RIDERS MAKE LEAGUE DEBUT | 1/10/1925 | See Source »

...thought of college entrance examinations as an oppressive spectre, keeping the secondary school boy away from all knowledge, is absurb. If anything, the private school man inclines too much to underrate them. It is true that because of the general "speeding-up" of colleges, private schools have had to shift from the task of educating to that of preparing. Whether the private schools can educate and at the same time prepare for college, and whether colleges really educate, are questions on which one man's opinions are just as good as another's. Mark Hopkins, sitting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OPPRESSIVE EXAMS. | 12/15/1924 | See Source »

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