Word: resorting
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...last week a blind violinist played in the street in front of the Fort Pitt Hotel, Pittsburgh. Blind musicians have doubtless played there before-they are not infrequent. A music lover, goaded to desperation, will from time to time resort to bribery to make them stop. Thus they eke out their precarious livelihood. In this case, strange things happened. Men, hurrying past, paused, listened, stayed. A crowd gathered. An occasional ear was strained to catch the excellences of an unexpected technique. For two hours the crowd stood, respectfully attentive to the program of classical favorites-Schumann's Traumerei...
Kunkel's effort to take the offensive from the net was speedily squelched by Briggs' well-placed drives down the side lines. The former was thus forced to resort to a backcourt game, which is not his strongest style of play...
...Harada Sp., champion of Japan in three straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Although neither of the contestants were up to their usual form, the match was very fast and brilliant in spots. Wheeler tried to take the offensive from the net, but was forced to resort to different tactics when his nimble opponent succeeded time after time in passing him by well-placed drives down the side lines. Harada has now won the right to play in the final round of the Tournament on Tuesday at 2 o'clock...
Baseball, unfortunately, is still a business. Victory means profit; and, as long as this continues to be the case members of this business, as of any other, who are less troubled than their colleagues by ethical scruples will resort to underhand means...
...final period, outplayed, the Virginia team saved itself from defeat only by opening up an serial attack a few minutes before the referee's final whistle blew. They will be outweighed when they come up against the Crimson at the end of the week, and will very likely again resort to the passing game...