Word: superbness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...work of Emerson for the High School of Commerce was superb. He was opposed for the championship of the day by G. H. Umbsen '29, who lost it to him in the closest battle of the meet...
...outlook is unquestionably dark; no one knows whether the morrow will bring forth a dictator or a superb democratic leader who can solve French problems with constitutional tact. Certainly, the present crisis furnishes the international fascistic with a powerful argument for their propaganda against parliamentary rule. An aroused public opinion capable of disciplining the refractory deputies appears to be the only force which can preserve the present form of government...
...Moana" was produced by those two intrepid explorers, the Flahertys, who startled the world with "Nanook of the North", a short time ago. In a way "Moana" is like its predecessor, for it tells a simple story simply, chooses its settings carefully, and lends to both the aid of superb photography. But unlike the cold North, Polynesia has always seemed to us full of haunting fascinating images, suggested by Robert Louis Stevenson and vivified by Mr. O'Brien's delightful book, "White Shadows in the South Seas". The Flahertys have been merely concerned in adjusting those impressions of warm passive...
...Baker '22, former University star, will reign supreme for another year as Massachusetts state squash champion, following his victory over R. S. Wright '26, tanking Crimson player, on the Union Boat Club courts yesterday afternoon. Wright forced the defending champion in every game but the superb court game of the title holder coupled with his greater experience were enough to carry the winner through in four games...
...grey mustache and his silky grey hair, in these they will not see the boy of 16 who on the death of his seafaring father went into a New Haven, Conn., wire mill as a common laborer. But he was alert, had already begun consciously to train his now superb memory, studied night and day, and in 14 months was rated a mechanic; by 21 he was foreman over 300 men; at 30 a master supersalesman and general manager of the important Pittsburgh Wire Co. of Braddock, Pa. He knew more about the mining, the processing and the utilization...