Word: manner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They finally did it. The upset that just eluded the Crimson against Columbia and Holy Cross finally arrived last night. And the 47 to 45 win arrived in about the most exciting manner conceivable, as George Hauptfuhrer leaped up to intercept a Princeton pass in Harvard territory, dribbled to the foul line, and dropped in a perfect set shot to break a 45 to 45 tie with just 35 seconds...
...officials and almost all newspapers denounced the shooting. But Army Chief Genovevo Pérez Dàmera was unimpressed. Said he: "The Army is proud of the action by Captain Casillas, who repelled aggression. We hope all members of the armed forces will conduct themselves in the same manner." President Ramón Grau San Martín kept quiet, but Genovevo had seen him before he made his statement...
Professor Kluckhohn insisted that human families throughout the world are all organized as to form and function in essentially the same manner. No matter how weird or barbaric certain family structures may seem to the western eye, they are all really "variations on a basic theme...
...production is successful, HTW may cut records of the show for distribution to schools throughout the nation, much in the manner of the Orson Welles Shakespearian albums...
...characters. Of Othello he said, "He is often thought to have brought down destruction on his head by jealousy. It is not so. Othello's trouble is with his head not his heart, for he means well but has not the ability to choose". In the same manner the speaker discredited the popular impression of Iago as a smooth sly man by pointing out the absolute trust which was placed on him by Othello, and the honesty with which the author characterized him in the play. Continuing the story, Professor Kittredge laid stress on the pathetic quality of the scene...