Word: swift
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...falls off so badly in its second. It is almost prose at the end. There are cleverness and observation in all the fiction, but throughout all of it is a certain sketchiness which suggests that the stories are in spirit, if not in letter, daily themes. There is firm, swift characterization in "Concerning Bores," and it is simple and direct up to the last sentence. There a touch of conscious exaggeration spoils all the effect of its preceding skill and sincerity. "A Committee of Three" seems to the present critic typical of a certain kind of college fiction, the value...
...faultlessly and carefully, but did not always play well together, and were occasionally passed by well placed shots. Leonard at the beginning did some very fast playing, but toward the end of the match he played rashly and carelessly, often making double faults in an attempt to place two swift serves. Hackett made some good half-volley shots, but his serve was too swift to be accurate...
...Swift, H P, Dunster...
...Swift, F. H., manufacturing...
...Moss, c. 5 1 3 17 3 0 Hartford, p. 2 0 0 0 0 0 Bush, p. 3 0 0 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- Totals, 44 10 15 27 7 2 MILTON. a.b. r. b.h. p.o. a. e. Pope, c. 4 0 0 10 3 0 Swift, c.f. 4 0 1 1 1 1 Jordan, p. 4 0 2 1 4 1 Gilbert, 2b. 4 0 1 3 2 0 Pond, 1b. 4 0 0 8 1 0 Twichell, 3b. 4 0 0 1 0 1 Page, s.s. 3 0 0 2 1 4 Wigglesworth...