Word: wizardly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ever since New York was first flooded with incandescent lighting it has been the annual custom of newspaper reporters to find out from Mr. Edison his opinion of the rising generation. Annually the ever more venerable wizard has risen to the occasion, passing judgment and giving advice. His ideas on every subject from the value of a college education to the morality, of modern dancing fill the back files of dozens of newspapers...
Among the shows in which Mr. Stone has appeared are the "Wizard of Oz" in which he scored a great hit as a scarecrow, "The Red Mill," "Chin-Chin," and now "Stepping Stones...
Still, the Tigers have won a well-earned reputation as last-ditch fighters. Their coming from behind against the Navy has added to their confidence. Notre Dame 21, Princeton 10, represents a fair estimate of the difference between the two teams. Ewing, Tiger drop-kicking wizard, may upset the dope entirely if he gets within range of the Notre Dame crossbar often enough...
David Belasco, wizard of the realistic stage, is about to sell his collections- artistic and otherwise. There is a work table of rosewood, gift to his mother from Edwin Booth; there is a cloak worn by Booth as Don Cesar de Bazan; a French harp once belonging to the Empress EugÉnie; Staffordshire ware, vessels, plates, figurines; European and Chinese porcelains; Chinese porcelain birds; Capo di Monte figurines; English, U. S., Bohemian glass; wood carvings; furniture from France, England, Italy; early textiles, brocades, needlework panels, cushions, banners; Chinese, Persian, Caucasian, Turkish rugs; arms and armor of all periods...
...Washington's rise to championship heights is seen the work of Stanley Harris, 28-year-old manager, and of Walter Johnson, wizard pitcher (TIME Sept...