Word: spurting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...final spurt of the New York theatre season, traditional accompaniment of the holiday spirit of Easter Week, finds both managers and the amusement public vastly more optimistic about the ultimate future of the legitimate drama than at the corresponding peak period of last Christmas. Strictly from a business standpoint, the winter has offered lean pickings for producers in general, but since January 1, many of these have prospered exceedingly. And today there are more than a dozen shows on Broadway which distinguish the theatrical years as one of the best in some time...
...yard breast stroke saw a hard fight between G. M. Rae 1L and R. L. Vonckx '31. For three-quarters of the distance they raced neck and neck; a final spurt by Rae finally gave him a six-inch lead which resulted in his victory...
...yard relay race yesterday, which was eventually to prove the deciding event, opened slowly, but speeded up with each successive man. Standish and Smith raced almost even for six lengths, but the former's spurt at the end captured the contest by a couple of feet...
...closest race of the day was the 50-yard back stroke. Fred Lewis '32, after trailing for the first two lengths, put on a fierce spurt which carried him not over a foot ahead of J. E. Shikes '32 at the finish. The time was 35 seconds flat...
Putting on a final spurt in the last few minutes of play the United States Naval Academy basketball team managed to squeeze out a 43 to 40 victory over the University squad at Annapolis on Saturday...