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Word: skills (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second act of the show is set in Jake's saloon, where the chorus is given a good chance to display its costumes and skill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "SHOOT THE WORKS" TO HAVE PREMIERE TONIGHT | 2/18/1927 | See Source »

...Western Conference has adopted what the Michigan Daily terms a "rigid code of ethics" on the recruiting of high school athletes. The provisions in brief condemn "scholarships, loans, and remissions of tuition of the basis of athletic skill," the endeavor of athletic directors and coaches "by initiation of correspondence, by distribution of literature, and by personal interviews of their own seeking to recruit athletics," and the previous promise of employment to prospective athletes "by the athletic department of the university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYING A NEW GAME | 2/1/1927 | See Source »

Gregoire at right wing and Lawless, crack center, will shine for B. U. in tonight's contest. Gregoire is a veteran of last year, scoring against Harvard in his team's victory. Lawless, one of the best intercollegiate centers in the game, will match speed and skill with Chase, Crimson ace. He will be one of the most formidable threats of the season to the University defense. Currier, on left wing, and Nelson, former Cambridge Latin player, at right wing, will complete the forward wall combination of the Terriers Gregoire will see action at right wing early in the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON SEXTET MEETS B.U. TONIGHT | 1/26/1927 | See Source »

...North Negroes live in segregated districts . . . high rents, lack of sanitation, breaking down of family life. . . . When a Negro leaves the South he leaves his skill behind. He must take a job of a different kind . . . there is no cotton to pick in the North. . . . The bulk of the Negro population is still in the South . . . [they] must be tended at their source . . . 8,000,000 ... a staggering problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEGROES: Foremost | 1/24/1927 | See Source »

...Hemenway Gymnasium the basket ball quintet takes the floor against Worcester at 8 o'clock. At the same time Turner of Harvard will be pitting skill and muscle against his Engineer opponent, Cullen, in the 115-pound event which is the initial match of the wrestling meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO MINOR SPORT TEAMS TO SEE ACTION TONIGHT | 1/19/1927 | See Source »

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