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...time stride, went along with Mechem and Cutter to be a double-scorer. Captain Freddy Moseley fittingly enough tallied the last of the goals by players who will not be back next year, and the Sophomore line signified its intention to carry on the torch as George Roberts whipped in a neat concluding tally...
...nine o'clock every morning except Sunday a herd of scholars scampers hastily up the steps of Widener Library, swishes through the turnstiles, rounds the marble stairways in stride, and finally deposits an overnight book on the Reading Room desk. The return journey is completed with equal haste, minus a few tedious and precious minutes while the unsmiling book inspector carefully Philo Vances every brief case, lawyers bag, and simple booksatchel. Such expenditure of energy and valuable pre-nine-o'clock time is not only highly inconvenient but unnecessary...
This was too much for the Sovereign Salesman. Muttering "very nice," he streaked past without breaking his stride...
...Manhattan's Metropolitan where she sang from 1903 to 1914 Fremstad was known as one of the greatest artists and one of the most difficult of all prima donnas. She had a proud, heroic type of beauty, a graceful swinging stride, beautifully molded arms which seemed to shape all the music she sang. Her voice was uneven but it was always deeply personal. And as a musician she was so sure that she was able to prompt any one who sang on the stage with her. Her impersonations seemed completely spontaneous, but they were all carefully considered before...
...company from selling transmission lines to or buying power from Tennessee Valley Authority. Lawyer Johnston uprose to argue what was expected to be a decisive test of TVA's constitutionality. Puffed by this weighty circumstance, he launched into an eloquent preamble, was just warming into his oratorical stride when Chief Justice Hughes interrupted to inquire: "Would you mind telling us what this suit is, who brought...