Word: split
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Unicorns, the Crimson launched a smashing offensive which registered three tallies before the gong rang. Captain Bigelow, a couple of minutes after the opening of the play, ran through Stubbs and Morton for a score, and a few minutes later Buntin eluded the B. A. A. forwards, split the defense, rode through to draw Lacroix-out of position and caged the puck in a rough-and-tumble scrimmage which ended with a somersault into the boards...
Today is the last opportunity to view the collection of French bindings from the library of the late M. Monod, which will be on exhibition in the Treasure Room of the Widener Library. The collection, loaned temporarily to the Library, will be split up, as the books have been willed to several different persons. The bindings are all executed by French masters of bookbinding; three of the most beautiful are by Leou Gruell, who founded the Chamber Syndicale, an organization whose members are the best bookbinders in France...
...good, and there is a mildly amusing article on the annoying miscellany of "drives," as well as a Biblical distortion that is funny in spots. On the whole the number is a pleasant one, calculated to "tickle the great American public under the great American waistcoat" but not to split its sides...
There are times when Mr. Leacock's efforts to be funny fall a trifle flat, when his satire or exaggeration are too obvious to "get across." Thus "John and I," "The Kidnapped Plumber" (except for a few brilliant flashes) and "Buggam Grange" seem somewhat forced. "The Split in the Cabinet" on the other hand is more successful in its treatment of the English political novel...
...through a round of shadow boxing at half speed in which the blows, hooks and appetents as explained in the preliminary work are tried out. This work is followed by shadow boxing at full speed in which special attention is paid to footwork. Then the men are split up in pairs and work at half speed for three or four rounds. In this way they are given a chance to try the punches, and are not afraid to black them, and as a result develop much faster than under any other plan. As a result of the use of this...