Word: superbness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...occurred to Quarterback Moore of Georgia to drop-kick from the 17-yard line in the last period, Yale might not have squeaked through 7 to 6. But Moore forgot or disdained or just did not know. He passed, was beaten. The Georgia running attack was superb. For Yale, Halfback Cottle passed, plowed, scored...
...Donnell Holy Cross mentor, on the eve of the annual struggle with the Crimson last year. This was no idle threat, for time and again the shifty Purple back threw fear into the Harvard adherents with his dazzling speed and uncanny ability to keep his feet. Only a superb defense at a crucial moment prevented a score last fall, and gave the Crimson the best of the 6-0 score...
...triumph is all the more gratifying because of its decisiveness. Luck or flukes were not a factor; the outcome was due to nothing but the superb consistency of Jones. Bringing his medal play psychology into match competition, he overcame an old bugaboo and disposed of a formidable group of distinguished players with comparative ease. So consistent was his performance that one of his opponents was able to carry him beyond the thirty-fourth green. Surely a well deserved victory and a popular one. The University is glad to number a crowned head among its graduates, and to wish a long...
...with perfection. Louis Wolheim (Hairy Ape) plays the drunken captain; William Boyd, the sergeant; and Leyla Georgie, a newcomer, the girl. Mr. Wolheim has the toughest face in the American Theatre, the toughest part as Captain Flagg, and he blends them irresistibly. The remainder of the company seems a superb selection. The play with any other cast would smell too sweet...
...already like Zane Grey's books, see Wanderer from the Wasteland as it has been filmed. It will be released shortly. Here is a superb picturization of a mood and a story. It is beautiful, dramatic, thrilling. So are Zane Grey's books, if you read them in the proper spirit...