Word: stickfuls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...across our stages. Mitty and Tillio did "The Phantom Ship" and "The Mirage," both of which stick pleasantly in the memories of most of those who have recently been to Paris...
...Republican cause brought him into contact with many a famed man, made it possible for him-for he never accepted an office-to become great by refusing greatness, notorious while shunning noitoriety. A genial, meagre, shrewd little man, he had a talent for friendship and an ability to stick to his principles, no matter how little they profited him. He told about his political adventures in a book of memoirs, From McKinley to Harding. One of his greatest coups was his success in having the word "gold" inserted in the Republican platform...
Especial emphasis has been placed on stick work in recent practices, but in anticipation of the game with the alumni players the coming weeks will be devoted to long scrimmages, during which the coaches plan to develop a complete system of passing...
...culture, scientific and literary. He studies hard. Recently he began to learn English, employed a tutor, gave him his only spare hour-4:30 a. m. to 5:30 a. m. He is known as a "man who speaks softly and carries a big stick...
...feat was, it did not compare, in the endurance of hardships, great hazards and magnificent feats, with the circumstances which must attend an attempt on Everest. Yet when Signor Barolo returned he gave out these remarks to the press: "I went carefully and slowly, testing the ground with my stick at each step and I managed, at last, to get down the steep sides of the crater. My progress was also hampered by evil-smelling volcanic gases, which came up wherever there was a small fissure in the ground. At the bottom of the crater, I walked...