Word: handing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Humour is the note of the play, but humor does not exclude the gallant swagger of romance, and when the cook sallies out to fight the dragon, and . . . the right note is struck by a master hand; . . . the conversion of the Dragon to vegetarianism is a stroke of genius. Dickens at his best never contrived a better ending than Lady Gregory, or one more in keeping with the tone of the right kind of fairy story...
...Greeks have held an election and turned out Venizelos; on Sunday they will hold a plebiscite to determine who shall be their new leader. The overwhelming defeat of Venizelos makes a return-of anyone of his party inconceivable. On the other hand, the royalist party is hesitating in its plan for the triumphal entry of ex-King Constantine. There was something ominous in the report that Constantine's valets brought the royal trunks to Athens amidst great rejoicing just as the French ambassador was packing his so as to-be prepared for the arrival of the ex-King. No doubt...
...rules as to fouls are varied. The A. A. U. rules, which govern intercollegiate games, differ from those used in professional leagues in that the one-hand dribble is mandatory in one and not in the other. Then there are some differences in the rules among the professional leagues and in this connection I might cite an instance regarding the throwing of free baskets from the foul line as practiced in the old New York State League and the Eastern League of Pennsylvania. In the New York State League it was provided that the man who was fouled should make...
...appointment with the reporters in Stockholm and Mr. Lenine escorted him to the cub and kindly consented to pay for the cab and asked him to give his have to Mr. Winston Churchill. And so our hero drove away from the munificent place of the Kremlin, waving his hand to Mr. Lenine, who stood in the doorway smiling a gracious, czardonic smile. New York Evening Post...
...that includes every Harvard man. It is obvious that responsibility for the success of this drive rests as much with the undergraduates as with the alumni. The latter are at present engaged in a second effort to put the Fund over; many are doubling their subscriptions. On the other hand, this is the first opportunity the undergraduates have had to help shoulder this responsibility. We urge that every man in the College carefully consider this matter and do his part to make the drive for the Harvard Endowment Fund a 100 percent, success...