Word: touche
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...high comedy--is a delight; and her tragedy in the playlet is simple and absolutely convincing. She is charming to watch--delicate of color and fragilely beautiful--and wonderful to hear--in laugher or tears Mr. Lawford is the perfection of case, distinction, and effectiveness--in him is a touch of the whimsy that pervades Barrie's writings. Mr. Herbert as the well drawn husband is powerful and real in every detail of voice and manner. The surrounding company is adequate--with the single exception of Mr. Mc Dougall, who is sadly out of his depth throughout...
...many of our own hundred million and odd people prefer the "touch-and-go" method in reading to the permanent joys of possession? The question is not idle in a land vastly richer in popular libraries than any of the countries of Europe, Great Britain included. The set-off is that we have a large public nurtured in the tradition of buying; the foreigner who settles in our reading atmosphere finds to his surprise that we purchase as well as borrow books to an extent unknown abroad. The "shelf" movement had its greatest success here; the new cheap editions were...
Captain W. H. Russell '18 was up to his usual form and won his matches with comparative ease. His third match with Grey was close, however, Russell making the winning touch in the last part of the bout. Grey was undoubtedly the best man on the Bowdoin team for in addition to giving Russell a close match, he defeated E. R. Gay '19 and R. G. Emmons '19, scoring the only two victories for Bowdoin...
Indifference is present in the minds of some faculty members who do not try to keep in touch with the members of their classes except in a superficial way. In some classes which are supposed to be for fifth group men alone, it is hard for a man of superior ability to get a higher group than fifth, because the instructor does not investigate sufficiently the different qualifications of his students...
...contemplating coming out for the business competition should get in touch with the business manager as soon as possible before it begins. He may be found in his office in the CRIMSON Building daily between the hours of 8.30 and 9 o'clock in the morning