Word: skips
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...studying on route, and hope to graduate at the end of our contest. Once a week we are required to write summaries of R-K-O pictures, which, however, we seldom get a chance to see. My stunt in the theatres is roller skating and skip roping, which earned me the title of 'skipping fool...
...Vagabond, always a hop, skip and jump ahead of his competitors--which may or may not account for his wandering predilections--is already casting a speculative eye toward the future. Not too far, for the matters of the moment have an unpleasant habit of intruding themselves between the time when he can again meander in a carefree manner over the well-greased boardwalks of the Yard to flounder at the feet of learning. And not too near. The genial scout too willingly holds close to his heart the vicissitudes of his young proteges these bleak days of January...