Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...skill is most wonderfully scant...
...ninth inning rally of the visiting batters drove Howard off the mound and gave R. H. Booth '27 a chance to show his skill. With one out Oliver doubled and took third on a passed ball. Creson walked and when Spears singled, Oliver scored and Creson moved up a base. Jones sacrificed and Owen hit, bringing in Creson and Spears. After McKibbon's single, Howard left, and Booth entered. He threw one ball to Russell, and the first sacker popped to Zarakov, ending the encounter...
...misled into thinking that this was the only cause. At the bottom of many political victories is the well-organized machine. And this too will not be seen in Washington. The machine, depending on the size of the candidate's campaign contributions and on the skill with which he handles the patronage in his district, is the broad foundation stone on which most office holders rest and which is seldom seen in Washington...
...students and in the prestige of the School. But, as Dean Donham remarked when he took charge of the School in 1920, its success, in the terms implied in 1908, had created new and serious problems both of physical and personnel equipment. These problems have been met with remarkable skill and daring energy. The planning vision of Dean Donham and the wonderful generosity of Mr. Baker have combined to raise an edifice surpassing the dreams of those who drew the first lines less than twenty years...
...valleys, tablelands, and mountain peaks have the same convincing symmetry as nature herself. Edward Elgar, the eminent English composer, well says, "A modern composer, while listening to the C Minor Symphony or studying its design, feels as humble as a travelling tinker standing before that marvel of engineering skill, the bridge over the Firth of Forth...