Word: tricking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lovely evening we pulled into Nelta, and beheld that wonderful trick of nature which the French call la grande corbeille. It is a little gem of an oasis, set deep down in a ring of enormous sand dunes, with masses of feathery date palms swaying above the cool waters of the spring. With a sigh of relief, we plunged down the slopes into the cool, jasmine-scented air to make our last camp...
...Christmas concert tour. Stopping at eight cities in the south and north-west, the members will be entertained at dances, and full privileges have been extended them by clubs in the various cities. The program includes a concert for every night during the eight day trip. Special features, including trick dancing acts, piano specialities, and singing will be given...
...jongleurs of Notre Dame, having completed seven successful matinees this season, and hoping still to be the football champions of the U. S., once more demonstrated their ability to keep the ball in the air. Drake could not see how the trick was done. Score: Notre Dame, 21; Drake...
...Tell the public" he whisper" that Bob done his best. It was a mean trick. Why that little tree never did no harm It was a ornament to the community...
...interest. There are, to be sure, pen sketches of the externals of the poet's world, which are often vivid and readable, even if a few may not be strictly accurate. There is, too, throughout the book a almost constant use of the present tense alone--a trick of style fast becoming hackneyed in contemporary biography--which is no doubt meant to add liveliness to the narrative, but often seems to approach tedious affectation. There is even a "Time Spirit," who writes down now and then Mr. Gorman's views on his subjects present and future fame. Where these devices...