Word: stringed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...those who had been associated with him retired and he took full charge of the string of papers. Last year was his triumph. In January he bought the prosperous Hartford Times, at a figure reputed more than $5,000,000. In October he announced that he had acquired the historic Knickerbocker Press and the Evening News in Albany...
...always hungry, used to skip school often to go to the circus people in the marketplace where she cleaned monkey cages in exchange for food. Soldiers change their stations often. It was in Graz that the Rosslers bought a decrepit piano for a dollar and Tini mended it with string and sealing wax; in a Graz convent that the Mother Superior gave her her first singing lessons; in Graz that she sang first in public-the contralto part in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony-earned $6 that bought a second-hand canary cage and the first white curtains that...
Concerto Grosso in B minor for String...
...last night's scrimmage, the performance was slightly above the usual mediocrity of an opening game, and augurs well for a season as successful as that of last winter. Coordination was lacking in the attack, but a distinct promise for a strong passing attack, particularly in the first-string line, was manifest. The post which Coach Stubbs desired most to test, that of goal, still remains an uncertain quality due to the Engineers' weak defense. It will receive its first real trial in the game with the University Club next Monday. The veteran defense combination of A. S. Bigelow...
...this group, Captain Tudor and Giddens were regular members of the University first string sextet last year, while Holbrook and the two Bigelows were first string reserves and saw action in every important game, except a few in which Holbrook was prevented from participating on account of injuries...