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...shown press dispatches from New York announcing the arrival of 14 vessels off Rum Row, he said that he had heard of the renewed activities of the smugglers who are anchoring at a safe distance from New York, Boston, and the ports in the south in anticipation of a brisk holiday trade...
...these eventually joined the able tutorial staff formed with Harris, by sauve, swarthy Samuel, who has always remained the driving power of their educational projects. His brisk, confident speech, the quick movements of his chunky body, the very sheen of his black hair and the flashing smile on his wide mouth, gave an impression of prime mental masculinity that has attracted colleagues and stimulated faltering students. "Here," say the latter, "is a man who makes molehills of mountains. He is swift, sure, knows what is wanted. Though warmhearted, he is cold-blooded toward examinations. He spots them, stabs them...
...fourth set of an international doubles match at Forest Hills, L. I. On the day previous, Patterson had beaten Lacoste in the singles, Borotra had trounced Anderson. Thus, with the team score tied, much had depended on the doubles, and the chances for French victory on the work of brisk Borotra, who now lay still and pallid on the ground...
...that only learned students of art knew to be in existence." In 1908 he formed the Beecham Symphony Orchestra; turned soon after to opera, for which, from 1909 to 1919, he did more than any man in London. In 1915, he became conductor of the London Philharmonic Society. Spruce, brisk, genial, he is a good conductor, cultured impresario. He gave enormous amounts to Music, but, despite the immense wealth that his father left him, he was forced to retire temporarily in 1919 to untangle his finances, which were in a precarious condition...
Shade vs. Slattery. Young Jimmy Slattery, whose bright speed, whose cruelly efficient hands, led the canny to acclaim him as a new Corbett (TIME, June 8), had been promised almost $17,000 if he would devote a few brisk moments to one David Shade* from California. It was not fair, people said-Shade was only a welterweight, while Slattery had defeated Jack Delaney, one of the best of the light heavies...