Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their saddlebags they started the perilous journey back to civilization. All went well until old Howard incautiously revived an apparently drowned Indian boy. The father's gratitude was so importunate that he insisted Howard make him an extended visit, to be properly rewarded and to try his skill on other patients. Curtin and Dobbs, taking Howard's share of gold and agreeing to meet him in the nearest city, went on alone. Soon bad blood broke out; each was afraid to sleep lest the other kill him. One night Dobbs shot Curtin, robbed him, left him for dead...
...office hours Fernand Bouisson indulged in the three hobbies that all Frenchmen admire: he eats, with skill and discrimination; he collects pictures and rare editions; he tells funny stories in dialect. Until the riots of February 1934 he was a faithful if unimpressive member of the Socialist Party. Then he resigned m disgust, has since carefully avoided aligning himself with any political party...
...United Artists, will become chairman of the board for Fox, where Kent will remain as president. Twentieth Century will move from the United Artists lot at Hollywood to the enormous Fox studio at Fox Hills. Twentieth Century's Darryl Zanuck, who has proved his lively and eccentric skill as a producer by such films as Les Miserables, Cardinal Richelieu, Clive of India, The Affairs of Cellini, The House of Rothschild, will become a Fox vice president. The combined companies will together produce a minimum of 55 pictures a year, of which Twentieth Century, as an independent unit, will make...
...British Amateur is the riskiest tournament in the world because until the 36-hole final all the matches are 18 holes, which means that luck rather than superior skill is likely to decide the outcome. At St. Anne's last week, Little had more good luck than bad. In the first round, playing shaky golf, he nosed out an opponent who was even shakier, one up. In the next rounds, while he was playing better, most of the British golfers conceded the best chance of beating him, like Jack McLean, Cyril Tolley and Leslie Garnett, were being eliminated from...
...Boch's appointment as head of the Hygiene Department must on its face command the approval of everyone. A young man, esteemed by his colleagues in the Medical School, he should bring with him the vitality, courage, and skill that circumstances demand. That the care of student health at Harvard requires these qualities is no deep, dark secret...