Word: adeptly
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...hard scholarship palled; Rosenbach was better suited to hard selling. He learned quickly that a book was worth what someone would pay for it, and he became adept at nurturing the gluttony of those who could pay. An early client was a rich young Philadelphian named Harry Widener, who went down with the Titanic; his collection became the nucleus of Harvard's Widener Library. The doctor's Philadelphia shop was hardly grand enough for his new trade, and he opened a New York branch in a baronial town house on Madison Avenue. His hospitality was lavish; during Prohibition...
...himself a starting position on coach Henry Lamar's Freshman football squad. The program statistics read: end--19--6:1--Choate. "The most adept pass catcher was John Kennedy, but his lack of weight was a drawback," wrote the coach in his post-season review...
...bright side, the line has been little short of incredible. Center forward Seamus Malin scored four goals against Columbia, and is second on the list of Ivy pointmakers with five tallies. Inside Dick McIntosh has proved to be an adept dribbler, and Tadhg Sweeney has played well at both inside and wing. Chris Martin and Sam Rodd have overcome early injuries to become effective wings...
Halaby is strictly a rushing quarterback, and so sophomore Terry Bartolet, sixth ranking passer in the League, will be called upon in passing situations. The Indians, however, have a couple of pretty good defensive backs, Dick Beattle and John Krumme, who have proved adept at breaking up passes...
...players on last year's second place team, which had only 14 points scored against it (by Dunster in the first game of the season), are returning. Led by quarterback Rog Skemp, a high school all-stater from Superior, Wis., the Elephants will have, in addition to a very adept backfield, the heaviest if not the toughest line in the league. At one of the tackle positions Eliot will play Bill King, a 290 pound tackle who played football for Marine teams while stationed in Quantico, Va., the past three years...