Word: mannerizes
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Plymouth.--"The Green Goddess" by William Archer. George Arliss as a Hindu prince causes qualms in an English trio, but all comes out as it should in the best manner of melodrama...
...quiz upon a subject that a student has lately studied is a useful test of his attention and of his ability to concentrate; but asking all manner of men all manner of questions in which they have but the slightest interest is a worthless method of detecting their ability or capacity to discharge their duties. The New York Tribune
...professionalism or anything like it. The prevalent idea that it is a positive disgrace to lose a game is what is largely responsible for most of the present difficulty, and when it gives way to the feeling that it is worse than a disgrace to behave in a manner which could possibly be construed as unsportsmanlike or ungentlemanly, the troubles which so cloud the horizon now will disappear of themselves and the era of sport for sport's sake and not for trophy will...
...Supreme Court or other leading men of Massachusetts, Connecticut, or New Jersey. The debates therefore do not consist of spread-eagle oratory, but rather in the analysis of a given question, the construction of arguments, the selection and presentation of evidence, and the delivery of arguments in a convincing manner. Speeches are not written or memorized, but men are taught to talk on their feet...
...University team has had no difficulty in remaining undefeated, the former is expected to offer stiff resistance. An interesting feature of the meet is that the University of Pennsylvania foilsmen have been trained in the Italian fashion, whereas the University men have been coached in the French manner. The home team has the unusual distinction of including two left-handed fencers...