Word: typing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...type of delivery in which a swift ball is aimed at or close to the batter's head to shake his nerve, drive him away from the plate?or knock...
...history has been introduced no generally... robbing democracy of its most precious heritage." If by undiluted history is meant a broadcasting of facts such as the smuggling operations of John Hancock, there is no occasion for criticism, but the tone of the resolution suggests a plea for the hurrah type of American history upon which much of the patriotism off American youth has been...
...Significance. Here is a cross-section of one type of British life, portrayed with an observation keenly penetrating but rich with understanding. It is not the best thing the author has done, but it is decidedly good. These people are so real that one is sure Mr. McFee has, for our benefit, graciously detained them be tween the book covers for an hour or so, but as soon as is polite, they will walk right off the last page, through the back cover, and on with their own all-absorbing concerns. The style is bewilderingly and fascinatingly reminiscent of Conrad...
...play is of the crook melodrama type in which someone is robbed of something and in which everyone is supposed to believe the worst of the most patently guiltless person in the cast Miss Wood is picked for the latter role, and if anyone could believe the worst of Miss Wood, except a stage detective and those members of the cast who are supposed to direct the finger of suspicion toward her, that man is a very cynical blackguard. So, if you won't believe the worst of Miss Wood, she tries to make you believe the very best...
...inches and instead of the former weight of 1.62 ounces it will be 1.55. Thus the new ball is lighter and bigger and has less specific gravity-a specific gravity of 1.08, to be exact. This amount is a trifle above the specific gravity of the old "floater" type of ball...