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Word: skilfull (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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James Barton & Co. in vaudeville's funniest interlude took first honors. His clever impersonations and skilful dancing were excellently done. Bert Hanlon had a steady flow of merriment and drew well deserved applause from the audience.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAJESTIC NOT UP TO STANDARD | 11/2/1921 | See Source »

Not a little interest is being shown in the proposition now before the Athletic Committee to establish boxing as a University minor sport. The objection which has been urged against boxing in the past is that the bouts have too often degenerated into more slugging contests with no attempt to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BOXING TEAM | 3/12/1921 | See Source »

In these days of garbled despatches, of flaring headlines and imaginative write-up men, we cannot be too careful in sampling the multifarious and savory morsels dealt out to us by the public press. Under the skilful hand of inventive genius-by dint of adding a detail here and a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOME-MADE PROPAGANDA | 3/3/1921 | See Source »

According to recent dispatches to this country, it appears that a trade agreement is about to be negotiated between England and Russia. It is well known how necessary is Russia's trade for the economic rehabilitation of all Europe, and how much Russia's pauperism has played into the hands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT | 10/11/1920 | See Source »

Mr. Chapin's prize winning essay, "Education and College," is stimulating rather than satisfying. He contends that the college stresses memory at the expenses of intellect, that the function of a university should be to teach the youth how to think, that Harvard teaches only what has been thought. Quite...

Author: By Robert S. Hillyer ., | Title: ESSAYS, REVIEWS, AND POETRY GIVES ADVOCATE WIDE RANGE | 4/9/1920 | See Source »

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