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Word: shows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...French sergeant flashed a light and pointed it o show us just enough room to squeeze through between the caisson and the ditch while his men went steadily on without haste yet with efficient "team work" and no conversation, clearing the road. And this was no place to linger, as the next one was always due to arrive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMBULANCE CORPS SEES REAL WAR | 9/28/1916 | See Source »

There are a few undebatable reasons which show that the custom of secret practise is merely logical. Nearly everyone has attempted, usually unsuccessfully, to take down lecture notes with two or three friends discussing an interesting episode within hearing distance. In a similar way the players on the football field cannot get the maximum amount of help from the coaches, nor can they carry out the suggestions of the coaches properly when their attention is being diverted by the presence of observers on the side-lines. One of the greatest features of the Haughton system is the ultimate polish which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SECRET PRACTICE | 9/27/1916 | See Source »

...himself to Ye Wilbur Theatre where the rollicking musical comedy, "Very Good Eddie," is on view. There are songs and jokes and girls enough there to please the most blase, and the cast of principals could hardly be bettered. Not since Victor Herbert's "Red Mill" has a musical show of this order contained such tuneful melodies as Jerome Kern has written, and, wonder of wonder, "Very Good Eddie" has a really truly plot...

Author: By W. H. M. ., | Title: The Theatre in Boston | 9/27/1916 | See Source »

...course there are marital complications; there couldn't be a musical show without them. But the complications are cleverly handled and even the introduction of the charming musical numbers causes no hesitation in the swift procedure of the whole...

Author: By W. H. M. ., | Title: The Theatre in Boston | 9/27/1916 | See Source »

There are others, of course; Florence Earic, Megue Paxton, Jean De Briac, and they are all, every one of them excellent. And so, with wonderful music and attractive chorus, and highly commendable principals, the show at Ye Wilbur is certainly very good, Eddie...

Author: By W. H. M. ., | Title: The Theatre in Boston | 9/27/1916 | See Source »

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