Word: taught
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fluent in the language. The American attempts, on the other hand, to learn German or French through mere exposure to a series of courses in them. When at the end of several years he is still a wretched linguist, he blames the methods by which he has been taught...
Captain D. L. Ruffner who taught here last year has the first half of Military Science 2, and the second half of Military Science 3, Captain Franck Camm, recently promoted to this rank, has the direction of the first half of Military Science 4, and the last half of Military Science...
...over. Jiu Jitsu requires enormous training; Jap boys rise early to practice it before taking cold baths. Occidentals, while they will never be as good as lithe little yellow wrestlers, may become proficient by virtue of talent and application. President Roosevelt loved Jiu Jitsu and recommended that it be taught in West Point and Annapolis...
...several years Detroit has had an organization known as the Bonstelle Playhouse, run by Jessie Bonstelle. In this theatre many good actors have played and Miss Bonstelle, a kindly, able, loquacious lady, is regarded as an expert impresario. It is said that she taught Alice Brady how to act and other able mimes-Ben Lyons, Ann Harding, James Rennie, Katherine Cornell, Helen Menken-have appeared in her productions. Last spring Jessie Bonstelle organized a drive for subscribers in order to convert her playhouse into...
...telegram asking for the 1,000 words, we did so in a very facetious humor. We did not believe that the cartoon had actually caused any excitement. . . . For we have been in this business a long time. We were established May 10, 1883, and forty-five years have taught us a great many things; and as we visualize the scene in the Chicago Daily News office when our telegram was received, it went something like this...