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Word: skilfull (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The Shelf. Febrile, mincing, exquisite Frances Starr portrays delightfully the lurid Mrs. Amaranth, come home to Kiwanisport, N. Y., from Europe and worse. Uneasy as a bird of plumage roosting in a barnyard, she is most uneasy of all lest she be considered "on the shelf." Through three acts of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Oct. 11, 1926 | 10/11/1926 | See Source »

"Great credit is due to Mr. Jayne for his skilful handling of very difficult situation. However, other caves were found where measurements, records, and photographs were taken which, when published, will prove valuable to the students of Chinese art. In all, five different early Buddhist sites hitherto unrecorded were studied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOGG AND PEABODY MUSEUMS REVIEW YEAR'S VARIED ACTIVITIES IN ANNUAL REPORTS | 4/8/1926 | See Source »

The Saltus Club is well-known for the number of skillful fencing teams it has entered in championship meets in and around New York City and this year's team is believed to overtop even the skilful team of last year. The Saltus Club is a French organization, sometimes called...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRONG OPPONENTS TO MEET CRIMSON OUTFITS | 2/27/1926 | See Source »

Providence, R. I., February 23, 1926.--The 1929 basketball five won a fast game with the Brown Freshmen. The Brown quintet played the same skilful game that has won in many other contests. The score at the halves was a tie, 12 to 12. After the halves both teams reentered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN QUINTET DOWNS BROWN CUBS IN CLOSE TILT | 2/24/1926 | See Source »

Harold ("Red") Grange leaped up in the twilight, intercepted a forward pass, and started to weave through a blur of tacklers toward the Ohio State Goal line, while 85,000 spectators rose howling to their feet. All day the 85,000 had been pouring into Columbus by bus, by automobile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Nov. 30, 1925 | 11/30/1925 | See Source »

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