Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...reception in the Union. The new Varsity Club, when completed, will no doubt greatly facilitate the establishing of more friendly relations between the men on the University teams and the representatives from opposing institutions. At present our esteem for our opponents is based, for the most part, upon their skill and sportsmanlike conduct on the field. The establishment of more personal relations between the members of the teams should greatly increase the mutual interest and friendliness between the various colleges and universities of the country...
Opposed are eleven other men, differing in that they lack that confidence to be derived from gruelling games with teams of equal weight and skill. In many ways Harvard may be Brown's equal, but we must admit that so far we have met no eleven sufficiently powerful to cope with either our attack or defence. Here surely is a weakness...
...Sopwith took first and Ovington second, although Grahame-White made the fastest time only to be disqualified. The other contestants either had engine trouble or lost their way. Other events were the altitude quick-climbing to a height of 2,000 feet, in which Beachey again demonstrated his skill in management when he came down in thrilling spirals; the accuracy in landing contest, and the quick start...
...unimagined in the typical Chinese home, except that drinking water is always boiled, and each person carries his own chopsticks. The food of the great majority of the people lacks variety and is often inadequate in amount. As a result of this lack of medical knowledge and of skill in sanitation, dangerous diseases rage uncontrolled. In certain
...Moeldner played the movement from the Schumann concerto with fluent and well-founded technique, an excellent interpretive style, although he tended at times to undue self-restraint. The orchestra accompanied alike with freedom and self-control in a manner that reflected highly upon its skill as well as that of its conductor...