Word: slow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Collins '22 retained his title in the 115-pound class by defeating V. H. Kugel '25 in a slow bout decided by the judges, J. H. Glacken and J. M. Harmon...
...Freshman victory was due to superior team-work and closer guarding. J. M. Kleberg '22 failed to show his usual brilliancy. The game was slow throughout...
...America now enjoys a high degree of prestige as a result of the Conference. She stepped to the front then in a manner that took the delegates' breath away. At first they were aghast at the suddenness of the move, but they were not slow to applaud enthusiastically the representative of the nation that chose to lead toward peace, and to back him to the limit. The present question is--What next? Will the United States follow up the success of the past three months? If the senate now cuts our army and navy in half the whole world will...
...leave the theatre after the performance, we do not feel that we have come away with any lasting impressions. Yet this play entertained Broadway for a large part of last season, and as a sweetmeat to whet the palate it is a tasty morsel. The action, although a little slow in starting, is brisk throughout the play, and the dialogue is often sparkling. The one real drawback is the lack of reality both in plot and treatment, but this quality is the privilege of the farceur...
...Quick's main character, "Cow" Vandemark, is delightful, however; slow-thinking, accurate, plodding soul that he is. His early experiences on the canal, his naive behaviour in difficult circumstances, his conscientions adherence to his blundering theories make him a figure that contrasts pleasantly with the average man-in-the-novel of today. How the heroine, above-mentioned, who would have been much more at home in a Fitzgerald "flapper" story, could have had any use for him is beyond comprehension. Mr. Quick's casual characterization is also attractive. He gives his impressions after the manner of some of our better...