Word: spot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Baron Banbury: "For Heaven's sake let there remain one spot in England where a male may be at peace. . . . Besides women lack the qualifications to become legislators...
...exquisite." When the firebrand who seized Fiume strides out upon his lawn, the dreadnaught Puglia, placed there high and dry by the grateful Italian Government, affords him a milieu in which to pace the quarter deck of his extravagant soul. The home of d' Annunzio is a nestling spot for the prodigious and the absurd. That no spiritually played piano has previously been reported there is to be wondered...
...there is one weak spot it is concerned with comedy. James Barton, Ray Dooley, and Andrew Toombes have a few magnificently excruciating moments and far too few. Mr. Barton's dancing again proves that he has no rival for laughter below the knees. Greta Nissen, lured back from the movies, does a neat pantomime. The chorus is traditionally comely. In fact nearly everything about the show is excellent, except its massive length and breadth. Perhaps banting would help...
...difficult task for the big man to perfect timing and rhythm, which are all-important to the shot putter. The increase in public interest in the event is not difficult to explain. This week's competitors will toss the sixteen-pound ball from a spot within the view of thousands in the Stadium. It will require only a glance to show how far their efforts go. Large placards bearing the number of feet appear on white lime lines and present day knowledge of what constitutes a good performance means that a notable drive will get due recognition. It would...
...decisive victory of the 1929 crew in the opening race of the Harvard-Penn-M.I.T. regatta last Saturday was the only bright spot in a day marked by five Crimson rowing defeats. In the feature race of the afternoon the University crew trailed Pennsylvania and M.I.T. by 'a length and a half and half a length respectively...