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Word: stunting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Another quick turn of the coat is the latest stunt in the political career of Raisuli, the Moroccan Houdini. So many shifts from the Spanish to the Mohammedan sides of this little war, and then back again, have left all but his followers certain that he is, after all, only on his own side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN HORATIOALGERIAN | 1/31/1925 | See Source »

This trick should never have worked on the University, for Alfred Moo of the Lampoon had worked a similar stunt against the CRIMSON in the annual game between the two literary rivals two years before and everybody in Cambridge knew about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CARLISLE INDIANS USED OLD TRICK OF LAMPY'S | 11/10/1924 | See Source »

...novelty, but hardly a stunt, in radiocasting was turned loose upon the air by Station WIP, the Gimbel Brothers store in Philadelphia. A diver was sent down to the ocean bottom at Atlantic City. A telephone in his helmet was attached to a cable connected with the shore. Here there was an amplifier connected by telephone with the broadcasting station in Philadelphia. From the scientific standpoint there was nothing very difficult in this achievement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Deep-Sea Radio | 8/11/1924 | See Source »

Miniature portraits in wax are no novelty. They were a favorite genre in the 16th Century, and have always been a popular stunt because the medium lends itself to such palpable imitation of Nature. At present, one Mrs. Calcott of London is experimenting with a new method in wax. "She does not try to make her miniature's lifelike and for that reason is more artistic. . . ." She says of her process that she uses pure White beeswax and melts the color into it. To a large extent she makes her portraits by taking casts of a clay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Beeswax | 7/21/1924 | See Source »

...auditorium at Silver Bay tomorrow night. W. H. Gratwick '25 has served as acting chairman so far, but on Friday night, the whole delegation will meet to choose a permanent chairman. An athletic manager to represent the delegation in making plans for the sport program, and a stunt night manager, will also be elected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRST SILVER BAY GROUP LEAVES TODAY | 6/11/1924 | See Source »

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