Word: twists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Wheeler's American twist service continually baffled his opponent. He lofted and chopped the ball beautifully, seldom out of bounds, winning his points on Whitbeck's erratic shots...
Foreign dispatches in yesterday mornings papers gave a new twist to the plans now under way for the debate with the Oxford team in Symphony Hall on October 8. Although later developments may bring the Ruhr question down from the shelf again, it is considered doubtful whether this topic can now be regarded as anything more than history...
...true that President Coolidge seems to be essentially at one with the late President on most policies. It is true that he will not have the opportunity to consolidate his power by as many appointments as a newly elected President. He may, however, give old issues a new twist. He may take a decisive stand on an old question, bringing it forward as a leading issue...
...lunatic fringe. It is a rap, if you wish, at various so-called new thought movements; but, primarily, it was, for me, a technical problem. I tried to take the island that has been literary property for years, the island with its ideal Government, and give it a modern twist. I haven't even tried to be particularly original. I have simply tried to amuse...
...Brilliantly produced high-comedy of two generations of an American family by Philip J. Q. Barry. An ironic twist adds salt to an unusual performance...