Word: superb
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Viva Birkett as the "Mollusc", however, is superb. She has remarkable poise, and convinces us from the start that something out of the ordinary will have to be done if she is to be aroused. The device which does eventually arouse her is not strong enough to eliminate credulity...
...Harvard this afternoon. The West Point cadets and they have impressed me most favorably, and I know that the French officers can do much toward helping these magnificent young men to lead their troops victoriously in France. The appearance of the Harvard Corps that I saw today was superb, and I admired their discipline and military carriage...
Miss Pauline French does a statuesque part adequately. Her appeal is more to the middle-aged patrons. It is easy to imagine them saying, "Superb woman" when she enters from the wings...
...better furnish the collection and at the same time to represent superb examples of the Flemish art, there are a number of large and important tapestries...
...only a monument to his spirit and his zeal, but to be also the lasting and the best means of demonstrating whether he was right or wrong. And in the last analysis, Mr. Lowell himself would have desired nothing more than that the clear Arizona air and the superb instruments which he provided there should find out all that human ingenuity may possibly make know, not only about Mars, but about other planets and the stars. He has lived a useful life, which honors the city of his birth and the University of his education. Boston Transcript...