Word: skirmishers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...founder of the Ritz Hotels did not choose that curious monosyllable by chance; Ritz was his last name; his first, splendidly enough, was César. The son of a Swiss farmer, his first skirmish among European hostelries occurred when he opened a restaurant in Baden-Baden, the Kurhaus. He boasted that he never forgot a face. But the éclat which attached itself to his restaurant requires a more complete explanation. César Ritz read faces as well as remembering them; he was an instinctive & selective snob, one of those likeable snobs whose hauteur is inherent...
...ensuing skirmish, the four townsmen were trapped by a flanking force and John Hicks, with two of his comrades, was slain...
...third skirmish of the day was staged between the three 150 pound crews, stroked by James de Normandie '29, F. B. Lee '29 and N. C. Faxon '30 respectively. De Normandie's eight took the decision at the end of a mile and a quarter pull...
...Nichols Club team in considered one of the stronger of the amateur club sixes that skirmish about the edges of the intercollegiate ice hockey kingdom. The Harvard skaters should meet stiffer opposition that they found on the Arena ice Thursday night, when they overwhelmed St. Francis Xavier College of Nova Scotia...
...nine-inning-tilt with the Boston Braves may be listed for the University diamond men this spring, it was reported last night. The National League batters routed Harvard last year in a 9 to 3 practice skirmish in the Tribal wigwam...