Word: style
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...break up and take part in the ordinary play. The back who has received the ball passes it to another player as soon as he is in danger of being tackled and this process keeps up usually until a player is downed, when the packs immediately form again. This style of running and passing, somewhat similar to basketball, is a large part of the game. However, passing must always be to a man who is is back of the passer. If there is no one available the man may drop the ball and dribble it with his feet...
...They quit McKim, Mead & White and hung out their own shingle. Soon they had a commission from Henry M. Flagler, pioneer Florida exploiter, to build two hotels in St. Augustine, the Ponce de Leon and the Alcazar. Wide was the comment aroused by their romantic, freely adapted Spanish style. More commissions came and the rirm was established...
...conversations or rearranged any events with an eye to dramatic effect." Biographer Whitlock's eclectic synthesis, whatever it may do to the real La Fayette, emphasizes the not very astonishing fact that his guiding principle was liberty-love. Only in the dullest of classrooms will the Whitlock style of biography not seem to produce a tedious ache...
...After a night spent at a genuine Intercollegiate Ball the zestful zephyrs did the trick for the old reprobate and he awoke at dawn with roses in his cheeks and a curl in his blond hair. Ah, yes. Youth has come to town. Youth, strong and vigorous, is the style today. And best of all, the Vagabond is young again. And chipper, too, my lads...
...second picture is entitled, "Two Boys Play Cards", and, while unsigned, is most certainly a Caravaggio according to the best authorities. The painting is in the artist's best naturalist style and the condition is perfect. "Two Boys Playing Cards" is held by some to be the only authentic Caravaggio in the country...