Word: till
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...strokes under the par of the Youngstown, Ohio, course. Next to him was Donald Carrick of Toronto with a 69. After them straggled the field. Macdonald Smith was listed in the first eight, with a 70. The know-it-alls pointed to his name and thumped on oak tables till the glasses jumped. "Watch Smith" they dogmatized, "let me tell you something...
...When the Washington Conference adjourned nearly four years ago, it was thought that the agreements and recommendations adopted at the Conference would be carried out within a reasonable time. But matters dragged on unduly till the Chinese people became exceedingly restive under the interminable delay...
...defeated Richards and Williams; then Williams and Richards beat Johnston and Tilden. A selection committee admitted that it could find nothing to choose between the two teams. They began a deciding match. Williams drove, volleyed; Richards served, smashed; they won the first set without loss of a game. "Wait till Tilden gets after them," grinned the crowd. But the Champion continued his erratic tennis. It was Johnston who got after them. His forehand drives were so fast they could hardly be seen; his service was as faultless as that which is advertised for summer hotels. With little help from...
...plugged songs on tin-pan pianos- those renegade instruments that stay up late, every night, in the back rooms of cafes, in the smoky corners of third-string night clubs, till their keys are yellow, and their tone is as hard as peroxided hair. Gershwin's fingers found a curious music in them. He made it hump along with a twang and a shuffle, hunch its. shoulders and lick its lips. Diners applauded. "What's the name of that tune, honey?" asked a lady of Gershwin one night...
...opening night, it commenced at eight and ran till morning hours. The following night, he had chipped out an hour or more of the worst proceedings. The remainder was still pretty stupid. Mr. Carroll will juggle the piece for about a month in an effort to make it salable. By then it may be fair...