Word: tilts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...work painted in 1762, at a time when he was near the peak of his skill. It was only a month before that he had turned out his master portrait, "his perfect Nelly O'Brien." But Lady Rice resembles a very different person, who by the turn and tilt of her head, her sidewise and dreamy look, is distinguished and gentle. Reynolds' subdued colors, the faint blues for her gown, and the gray-greens for the trees and sky, suit her perfectly...
George F. Fox, 3rd ocC. of Eliot foxed Frank B. Snyder '38, a Bellboy, in the first 165-pound semi-final tilt, and Ralph B. Murphy '40, another Bellboy, cut out Graham B. Blaine '40, of the Elephants in the other. The 165-pound final bout went to George Fox as he routed the other survivor of the preliminaries, Ralph Murphy...
...baseballers training in Florida look at the newspapers, tilt back their caps, and call it a jinx. Mr. Roosevelt is rumored to have told a press conference with a wholesome laugh that it is an affliction of undoubtedly some seriousness for his friends the American people. Geologists deny that it has any greater significance than a coincidence of geographical sequence. One minister in Vermont, it is said, confidentially revealed to his parishioners that if it isn't a sign of divine irritation over the condition of world politics, then it must be a renewed heavenly assault upon man's original...
With nine of the 14 players whom Coach York has brought up of the class of 1940 the tilt will be sophomores against seniors. Two of them, Fred Burr, last year's freshman captain, and George Seabury, defensemen, have added materially to the strength of the team since they recently became eligible...
After returning from the Penn tilt Sunday, the Crimson must go back as far as New York for tonight's game and then after a short stay here rush to Princeton Saturday. Undoubtedly this constant traveling will prove a handicap to the title seeking Cantabs...